Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has appointed a four-person committee to study the report of the Batalanda Commission.
The committee will be headed by Senior Additional Solicitor General Rohantha Abeysooriya. Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, Senior State Counsel Jayani Wegodapola, and State Counsel Shakthi Jagodaarachchi will serve as the other members.
The committee is tasked with determining whether charges can be filed based on the evidence in the Batalanda Commission report and identifying offenses that have exceeded the statute of limitations. The committee will also identify any matters that require further investigation.
The Batalanda Commission report was recently forwarded to the Attorney General by the President’s Office, following the President’s instructions. The Presidential Media Division states that the government has decided to take further action regarding the report.
Discussions surrounding the Batalanda Commission report, which investigated events during the 1988-1990 period, resurfaced after former President Ranil Wickremesinghe raised certain points on Al Jazeera’s Head to Head program on March 6th.
