Leading civil society organisations have urged the Speaker to ensure that the Parliamentary Select Committee probing the Easter Sunday attacks must continue to function without any undue influence.
These civic groups had made this request when they called on Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at his official residence today (Jun 10).
"As trade unions and civic groups, we require a correct report on how the Easter Sunday attacks occured and who must be held reponsible over this incident," a representative of a civic group said during the meeting.
He opined that events of this nature cannot be prevent from occuring in future if the root causes are not identified and subsequent measures are not taken.
In response, the Speaker had said that he would put forward their suggestions before the upcoming party leader's meeting.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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