A four-member committee has been appointed by the Attorney General to examine the findings of the Batalanda Commission Report.

Senior Additional Solicitor General Rohantha Abeysuriya heads the committee, while it includes Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, Senior State Counsel Jayani Wegodapola, and State Counsel Shakthi Jagodaarachchi.

Apart from examining the findings of the Batalanda Commission Report, the committee is also tasked with determining whether the evidence presented in the report is sufficient to initiate criminal prosecutions.

The committee has been appointed under the directive of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, after the Batalanda Commission Report was referred to the Attorney General for further study on 29 April. 

The ‘Batalanda Commission Report’ was tabled in Parliament on 14 March by the Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake.

The Batalanda Commission Report was brought to the spotlight once again, following former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s controversial interview with international media, Al Jazeera, this year.

At the time, responding to allegations of his involvement, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe rejected the findings of the Batalanda Commission report, claiming it was politically motivated.

What is the Batalanda Commission Report?

It concerns the alleged human rights violations, murders and disappearances that occurred during the 1988/90 period.

Upon assuming office as President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga established the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on September 21, 1995, to investigate these incidents.

Known as the Batalanda Commission, it was tasked with examining the illegal detention, torture, assassination and disappearances of individuals at the Batalanda Housing Scheme.

After nearly three years of gathering evidence, the commission submitted its report to President Kumaratunga in 1998, but the recommendations of the Batalanda Commission Report were never implemented. (Newswire)

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The Batalanda Commission Report has been officially handed over to the Attorney General, the President’s Office announced. 

The ‘Batalanda Commission Report’ was tabled in Parliament on 14 March by the Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake.

At the time, Minister Rathnayake informed Parliament that the report would be forwarded to the Attorney General for advice on necessary action.

He further said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would appoint a special committee to study and make recommendations on the report.

The Batalanda Commission Report was brought to the spotlight once again, following former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s controversial interview with international media, Al Jazeera, this year.

At the time, responding to allegations of his involvement, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe rejected the findings of the Batalanda Commission report, claiming it was politically motivated.

Making a special statement, Wickremesinghe said that the commission was established with the sole purpose of discrediting him, but failed to achieve its objective.

He further said the report only mentioned his involvement in facilitating housing for police officers during the 1988-1990 insurgency, but did not implicate him in any other allegations. 

What is the Batalanda Commission Report?

It concerns the alleged human rights violations, murders and disappearances that occurred during the 1988/90 period.

Upon assuming office as President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga established the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on September 21, 1995, to investigate these incidents.

Known as the Batalanda Commission, it was tasked with examining the illegal detention, torture, assassination and disappearances of individuals at the Batalanda Housing Scheme.

After nearly three years of gathering evidence, the commission submitted its report to President Kumaratunga in 1998, but the recommendations of the Batalanda Commission Report were never implemented. (Newswire)

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The Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has decided to hold a debate on the ‘Batalanda Commission Report’ in Parliament in April. 

According to a Parliament statement, the first day of the debate will be held on 10 April 2025.

The second day will be scheduled in May, with the exact date yet to be finalised, the statement added. 

The ‘Batalanda Commission Report’ was tabled in Parliament on Friday (14 Mar) by Leader of the House, Minister Bimal Rathnayake.

Addressing the Parliament, Minister Rathnayake said the report would be forwarded to the Attorney General for advice on necessary action.

He further said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would appoint a special committee to study and make recommendations on the report.

What is the Batalanda Commission Report?

It concerns the alleged human rights violations, murders and disappearances that occurred during the 1988/90 period.

Upon assuming office as President, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga established the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on September 21, 1995, to investigate these incidents.

Known as the Batalanda Commission, it was tasked with examining the illegal detention, torture, assassination and disappearances of individuals at the Batalanda Housing Scheme.

After nearly three years of gathering evidence, the commission submitted its report to President Kumaratunga in 1998, but the recommendations of the Batalanda Commission Report were never implemented. (Newswire)

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