March 11, Colombo (LNW): The Cabinet has decided to present the long-awaited Batalanda Commission report in Parliament within the coming days, confirmed Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
Speaking at the post-Cabinet media briefing, Minister Jayatissa outlined that the matter was thoroughly discussed during the Cabinet meeting, which was chaired by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday.
Minister Jayatissa elaborated that the next steps regarding the report would be determined after its presentation to Parliament.
He further explained that once a Commission report with recommendations is tabled, it is standard procedure to seek the Attorney General’s guidance on the appropriate course of action.
However, he emphasised that this could only occur once the report has been formally presented to Parliament.
“The Batalanda Commission report will be tabled in Parliament this week, and following that, we will engage in discussions regarding the next steps,” he said.
The Batalanda report has once again come into the spotlight after former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was questioned about it during a recent interview with the international news outlet Al Jazeera.
The Batalanda Report refers to an investigative document published in 1997 that detailed human rights violations, including illegal detention, torture, and abuse, which occurred in a state-sanctioned detention centre known as Batalanda during the late 1980s.
