CB bond issue: AG to assign legal panel to assist Presidential Commission

Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya P.C. is taking steps to assign a panel of senior Attorneys to assist the Presidential Commission investigating the controversial Central Bank Bond issue. He said that since the Attorney General’s Department had to assist the Commission by leading evidence before the Commission and conducting investigations the panel of senior attorneys would be assigned to attend to the relevant work.

The members of the Presidential Commission investigating the controversial Bond issue are Supreme Court Judge Justice Kankanithanthri Chitrasiri Supreme Court Judge Justice Prasanna Sujeewa Jayawardene and Former Deputy Auditor General Kandasamy Velupillai.