Ministerial committee to study PCoI report on Easter attacks and SOC report on national security
February 19, 2021 07:01 pm
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a committee to study the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday terror attacks and the report of the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security.
The committee has been tasked with extensively studying the facts and recommendations of the two reports and to provide recommendations on how to act on them, the PMD said.
The six-member committee is chaired by Minister Chamal Rajapaksa and also includes ministers Johnston Fernando, Udaya Gammanpila, Ramesh Pathirana, Prasanna Ranatunga and Rohitha Abeygunawardena.
The President’s Media Division said that the reports of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) and the Sectoral Oversight Committee will be sent to the committee by the Presidential Secretariat.
Presidential Secretariat’s Director General (Legal) Hariguptha Rohanadeera has been appointed as the Secretary to the committee.
The committee has been instructed to present its report before March 15, 2021.
