President Maithripala Sirisena’s appointment of a three member Presidential Committee to probe the Easter Sunday was not made under any existing laws, members of the Committee state.
The three members of the Presidential Committee have made this revelation when they jointly appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to probe the Easter Sunday attacks yesterday (20).
The issue has come to light following a question posed by PSC member MP M A Sumanthiran.
Sumanthiran has questioned the Committee members about the law under which the Presidential Committee was appointed and the witnesses have revealed that it was not set up under any existing laws.
“Our Committee was not appointed under any existing laws,” Presidential Committee member Supreme Court Judge Vijith Malalgoda has said.
However, Malalgoda has added that the urgency and importance of the situation had compelled him to take up the task.
“Initially I was not willing to participate in the Committee. But then Mr Illangkoon pointed that this was of national importance and the fact that the Committee was appointed a day after the attack, I saw the urgency of it. So we went ahead with activities the Committee was takes with” Malalgoda has said.
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