Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena told his cabinet that he will not cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into security lapses leading to the Easter suicide bombings, official sources say
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena leaves after a commissioning handover ceremony of the P 626 ship by the US at the main port in Colombo, Sri Lanka June 6, 2019.
Maithripala Sirisena summoned an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday night to oppose a parliamentary select committee probe into the April 21 attacks that killed 258 people, including 45 foreigners, and wounded nearly 500. He also said the president had failed to hold regular security meetings to assess the threat from militants who carried out the bombings on three hotels and three churches.
A ministerial source told AFP Sirisena has refused to allow any police, military or intelligence personnel to testify before the committee.
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