Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver a special statement on the Batalanda Commission Report on Sunday (16 Mar).
According to a statement from the United National Party (UNP) Office, the former President will make a special revelation regarding the facts and recommendations of the report.
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s special statement comes after Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake tabled the ‘Batalanda Commission Report’ in Parliament today.
Addressing the Parliament, Minister Rathnayake said the report will be forwarded to the Attorney General for advice on necessary action and that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will appoint a special committee to study and make recommendations on the report.
The Batalanda Commission Report concerns the alleged human rights violations, murders and disappearances that occurred during the 1988/90 period.
Upon assuming office as President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga established the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on September 21, 1995, to investigate these incidents.
Known as the Batalanda Commission, it was tasked with examining the illegal detention, torture, assassination and disappearances of individuals at the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
After nearly three years of gathering evidence, the commission submitted its report to President Kumaratunga in 1998, but the recommendations of the Batalanda Commission Report were never implemented.
The Batalanda Commission Report was brought to the spotlight once again, following former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent controversial interview with international media, Al Jazeera. (Newswire)