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Kiriella shows flaws, deficiencies in Political Victimisation Commission report
By Saman Indrajith
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday said that the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Political Victimisation was full of procedural flaws and deficiencies.
Speaking to the media in Colombo, the Chief Opposition Whip said: “There was a two-day Parliament debate on the Presidential commission on political victimization report on 22 and 23. But not a single Cabinet minister participated in the debate. The government side let its backbenchers read from scripts. The senior ministers knew the fact that the PCoI report was wrong. They also knew that the Attorney General himself had pointed out that the PCoI was exceeding its mandate by recommending the withdrawal of some 90 pending cases. The Cabinet ministers are also aware of the basic fact that a commission of inquiry is only a fact finding commission and it cannot make such recommendations. Only a superior court could give a ruling for the removal of a case in a lower court. That is a very basic principle. The PCoI report has violated that principle. That was why not a single cabinet minister spoke in the debate.”
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished bys the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to extend Visas of those unable to leave Sri Lanka due to the
cancellation of flights to the Middle East from 28.02.2026 for another 14 days without any payments and re-extend the extended Visas for another 14 days without payments if the flights cancellations continue.
Taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to appoint Sunil Galagama, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is currently serving as an Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Mass Media, as the District Secretary to Badulla Administrative District with immediate effect.
The Cabinet of Ministers, taking into consideration the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Council, and Local Government, have decided to appoint Anupama Mangala Wickramaarachchi, a special grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who is serving as the Additional Commissioner General of Agrarian Development of the Department of the Agrarian Development at present, as the District Secretary , Ampara Administrative district with immediate effect.
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