Government spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has accused the opposition of trying to protect the true perpetrators of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, likening their actions to those of the former Rajapaksa administration.
Speaking to reporters on the no-confidence motion against Deputy Defence Minister Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Aruna Jayasekara, Jayatissa dismissed calls to remove him over his tenure as Security Forces Eastern Province commander before the attacks — a period still under investigation.
Jayatissa said the government would not act on the opposition’s demands, claiming Jayasekara’s name had not been raised during previous parliamentary or presidential inquiries. He alleged the opposition’s sudden interest was an attempt to divert attention from “the real mastermind and the real accused.”
He added that the CID’s investigations are targeting those who failed to act despite prior intelligence on the attacks.