Pathirana asks govt. to table in House all Commission reports submitted since ‘94

The SJB has called on the government to table in Parliament the reports of all commissions of inquiry and presidential commissions since 1994.

Addressing the media at the SJB Headquarters, in Colombo, on Tuesday, former Matara District MP Buddhika Pathirana stated that in addition to the Batalanda Commission report, many other commission reports had been withheld from the general public.

Pathirana emphasised that information about the commissions appointed after 1994, the investigations conducted, and their reports should all be presented to Parliament. This includes reports on the brutal killings of Vijaya Kumaratunga, Lalith Athulathmudali, Rohana Wijeweera, the Battalanda incidents, and all other reports that have not been tabled before Parliament. The SJB is urging the government to immediately table all these reports and move forward with the next steps.

“We demand that reports on all incidents that occurred during the administrations of J. R. Jayewardene, R. Premadasa, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena, and Gotabaya Rajapaksa be tabled in Parliament. The people have the right to information and we hope the government will respect it.