PCoI report probing Easter Sunday attacks handed over to Speaker

A copy of the final report of the Presidential Commission  of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today in order to be tabled in the House, Parliament said.

On the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,  Director General (Legal) attached to the Presidential Secretariat, Hariguptha Rohanadheera handed over the Presidential Commission report on Easter Sunday attacks to the Speaker.

The final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by the Chairman of the Commission Supreme Court judge Janak de Silva at the Presidential Secretariat on February 1.
The first and second interim reports were handed over to President on December 20, 2019 and on March 2, 2020 respectively.
Former President Maithripala Sirisena appointed the Commission of Inquiry on September 22, 2019 to investigate and report on the series of terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday and to recommend necessary action based on the findings.
The Report comprises 472 pages, 215 annexures and 6 volumes.
Other members of the Commission were Court of Appeal judge Nishshanka Bandula Karunaratne, retired Supreme Court judges Nihal Sunil Rajapaksha and A. L. Bandula Kumara Atapattu and former Secretary to the Ministry of Justice W. M. M. R. Adhikari.