One year on Pressure mounts on Govt. as Easter Sunday probe lacks results

In his election pledge in 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that identifying the masterminds behind the attacks and bringing them to justice would be a top priority of a NPP govt.

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The recent remarks made in The recent remarks made by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament have cast doubt on the integrity of the investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks after he revealed that critical evidence had gone missing, potentially hindering the ongoing probe.

This not only impedes the ongoing investigations but also tests the promises made by the President and his party during the Presidential election period last year.

According to the statement made by President Dissanayake on Tuesday (18), years of political interference had severely obstructed earlier efforts to uncover the truth of the carnage.

He said investigators are now analysing phone records, networks of connections, and other technical data to identify those who masterminded the coordinated bombings.

However, the President stressed that much of the evidence must be rebuilt in court, as crucial material had been suppressed or destroyed under previous administrations.

The President noted that the attacks should have been thoroughly investigated when memories and evidence were still fresh, but the process stalled after political groups suspected of involvement came into power. "Key evidence had been tampered with, including instances where "pages were torn from books," he said. However he failed to name who these groups were.