The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana

¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I second the Motion. The Easter Sunday attack was a heinous atrocity. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake pledged—before His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the faithful at Katuwapitiya—that justice would not be buried in the sands of time. Yet the public and this House have not been apprised of investigative progress.

¶ 02 The Presidential Commission report (about 65,000 pages) has long been with the Attorney General. Former AG Dappula de Livera stated there was a conspiracy. What recommendations of the Commission have actually been implemented in the ten months of this Government? Table at least one implemented recommendation.

¶ 03 I have repeatedly tabled communications from the National Catholic Committee for Justice to Easter Sunday Attack Victims. Has the current Government even considered their requests? The FBI-provided IP address matter and the individual released despite a brigadier’s concerns—these appear in the human rights petition of Shani Abeysekera, now Director of the CID. Long-standing strands of investigation into “Matale Saharan” and related leads must be transparently reported to this House.