President Maithripala Sirisena has reportedly informedthe Cabinet of Ministers yesterday (29) that he would not accept the reportcompiled by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) that probed the EasterSunday attacks.
The PSC presented its report to parliament last Wednesday(23) and Committee In its findings had blamed the incident mainly on the lapseson the part of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) and government leaders forfailing to take action to prevent the attack that killed more than 250 people.
The PSC report was presented to the Cabinet chaired byPresident Sirisena yesterday.
Accordingto sources, the President has said he would not accept the report and asked theCabinet not to record it as approved by the Cabinet. The President has insteadasked the government to look into areas where security lapses had beenhighlighted by the Committee.
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