PSC on Easter attacks to convene on Oct 17th

The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) probing the Easter Sunday attacks is scheduled to convene on Thursday (17) to prepare the final report.

“The committee had requested time till 31 October to present the report to the Parliament. Since Parliament is to convene next on 23 October, we have now decided to present the final report on October 23rd or 24th,” PSC member, MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa has told The Sunday Morning.

PSC Chairman and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ananda Kumarasiri earlier said the final report will provide a breakdown of what led to the incident and recommendations that should be adopted to prevent further incidents from taking place.

From its inaugural meeting held on May 29th, the committee had recorded statements from about 60 persons including President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.