Courtesy The Morning

A special meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (6) between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe, PC at the Presidential Secretariat, The Sunday Morning learns.

This meeting comes amid ongoing speculation that the President’s Office has requested AG Ranasinghe to resign from his post. 

However, sources within the AG’s Department have confirmed that no official communication has been made in this regard.

Despite the speculation, it is understood that the AG plans to brief the President on the progress of high-profile cases, including the contentious MiG deal, during their meeting. 

It has been alleged that the relaunch of investigations into high-profile cases has been delayed under the current AG.

A senior official from the AG’s Department clarified that the department could not interfere in ongoing legal matters and any delays in these cases were due to mandatory legal processes. 

The official further stressed that none of the major cases currently in court had been initiated during the tenure of the current AG.

Since President Dissanayake assumed office, his administration announced the re-launching of investigations into all past crimes in order to hold those responsible accountable.

As part of this effort, the Ministry of Public Security has been directed to expedite investigations into seven high-profile cases: the Central Bank bond scam, Easter Sunday terror attacks, kidnapping and murder of journalist D.P. Sivaram, disappearances of Lalith Kumar and Kugan Muruganandan, murder of Dinesh Schaffter, and shooting incident in Weligama.