The Attorney General (AG) has given an undertaking to the Court of Appeal that former AG Dappula de Livera will not be arrested over his controversial statement related to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
The undertaking was given when the petition filed by former AG Dappula de Livera on the summons issued by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to record a statement on the comment made related to the Easter Sunday attacks was taken up for hearing today.
Filing the petition, the former AG stated that the Police are not vested with powers to question his activities during his tenure as the Attorney General and that it is a violation of the privileges given to an AG.
The former AG had, therefore, requested the court to issue an interim order preventing the summoning and his arrest over the matter.
The TID issued summons to the former AG on 19th and 21st April 2023 to record a statement he had made with regard to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, days before his retirement.
On the directives of Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, the TID issued the summons to Dappula de Livera to record a statement over his earlier claims that “There was a Grand Conspiracy with regard to the 2019 April Attacks.”
However, the former Attorney General did not report to the TID as summoned, while his lawyer submitted a seven-page objection letter on his behalf. (NewsWire)