The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks is considering seeking more time for the Committee if it is unable to finalise the report by the three month deadline of the PSC.
Chairman of the PSC, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ananda Kumarasiri has said that the members of the PSC will discuss with Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on extending the term of the Committee by another month if it is unable to prepare the report on the Easter Sunday attacks by the end of the PSC’s term.
The PSC was mandated to produce its final report either within three months from its inaugural meeting or before the completion of three months from the date of formation.
Speaker Jayasuriya announced on May 23rd, the members of the PSC chaired by Deputy Speaker Kumarasinghe and including Minister Rauff Hakeem, MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Minister Ravi Karunanayake, MP Ashu Marasinghe, MP Jayampathy Wickramaratne, MP M.A. Sumanthiran, MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa.
The PSC has so far recorded statements from the Prime Minister, State Defence Minister, former Law and Order Ministers, senior government officials, intelligence chiefs, investigators in to the attacks, religious leaders and Muslim political leaders.
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