“According to the pledge announced by the National People’s Power on 17.04.2023, appropriate legal actions will be taken against the politicians and public officials who were found guilty by the verdicts of the Supreme Court for the Easter Sunday attack.”
Under direct instructions from President Anura Kumara Disanayake, the final report and all accompanying volumes of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attacks were formally submitted on 20th April 2025 to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). (President’s Office)
This process had also been carried out by the previous government, raising the question as to why it was repeated.
Previous governments carried out numerous investigations similar to this but failed to provide any tangible outcome. In this context, it is unclear whether the present investigations will yield tangible progress or whether they will be a repeat of similar efforts in the past.
On 30th March 2025, President Dissanayake claimed a “significant breakthrough”, stating that several responsible individuals would be exposed before the upcoming Easter. To date, no information has been provided as to what this breakthrough entailed. (Daily Mirror)
The CID questioned the police intelligence officer under the alias ‘Sonic Sonic’. (Sri Lanka Brief)
