PM and three ministers to testify at PSC today

The Special Parliamentary Select Committee is scheduled to convene at 2.00 pm this afternoon (06), Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ananda Kumarasiri stated.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be giving evidence before the panel today.

In addition, State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene, Minister of Ports & Shipping and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayaka and Minister of Public Administration, Disaster Management & Livestock Development Ranjith Madduma Bandara are also slated to testify at today’s meeting.

It was reported in June that the panel had decided to call Prime Minister, the State Minister of Defence and two former Law & Order Ministers to testify before the PSC probing the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

Issuing a special statement on July 12, the PM confirmed that he will testify before the special Parliamentary Select Committee.

Wickremesinghe had said that he too has been called before the Committee and that he will reveal everything he knows at the hearing.

Despite many criticisms against the Select Committee, the judiciary has acknowledged the legality of the committee; therefore, he is not afraid to go before the Committee, stated the Prime Minister.