President’s outburst leads to formation of coordinating committee?

The recent public outburst of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena over being kept in the dark about certain key decisions of the administration led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickemesinghe, has led to the decision to  set up a committee to coordinate policies in matters of national and political importance, the New Indian Express reports.

The panel will keep track of the investigations into the questionable deals of the Mahinda Rajapaksa government; the treatment meted out to top officials of the Rajapaksa regime; progress in matters relating to the proposed war crimes probe; and the drafting of a new constitution for the country.

President Sirisena had publicly berated the administration for not informing him about the decision to question former navy chiefs and temporarily incarcerate former Defense Secretary, the war winning Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Sirisena said that as the C-in-C and Defense Minister, the investigators were duty bound to inform him.

-Agencies