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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