By: Isuru Parakrama
Colombo (LNW): The Appeal Court yesterday (10) extended its interim order barring the arrest and recording of a statement from ex Attorney General Dappula De Livera over a comment he had allegedly made on the 2019 Easter Sunday Carnage until June 22, 2023.
The interim order was extended yesterday as the petition filed on behalf of the ex AG was taken up for consideration.
Livera dragged himself into controversy by a comment he had allegedly made suggesting that “there was a grand conspiracy with regard to the 2019 April attacks,” over which the Justice Minister directed the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to issue summons to the ex AG to collect a statement, calling the comment problematic.
In his defence, Livera claims that the Police are not vested with powers to question his activities during his time in Office, calling it a violation of the privileges given to an AG.
