Final reports of PCoIs handed over to Speaker

The final reports of the Presidential Commissions of Inquiry (CoI) that probed political victimization and alleged financial misappropriation at state institutions during the previous government were handed over to speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at the Parliamentary Complex today, Speaker’s Office said.

Meanwhile a group of top lawyers in the country raised severe concerns on the contents of the report submitted by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that probed political victimization during the previous regime.
The group of President Counsels (PC) collectively wrote to the Secretary of Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) urging him to obtain a copy of the report from the Presidential Secretariat.

The signatories of President Counsels are: K. Kanag-isvaran, Ikram Mohamed, Faisz Musthapha, Upali Gooneratne, Geoffrey Alagaratnam, Romesh de Silva, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Saliya Pieris, Nihal Jayamanna, Upul Jayasuriya and U.R.D. Silva,

"Upon a perusal of the news items, we have serious concerns that the contents of the report may undermine the Rule of law in this country, the independence of the judiciary and erode the impartial and efficient functioning of the AG’S Department,” the letter noted.