Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Would a Presidential Commission of inquiry (PCoI) or a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) serve better to investigate the Anti-Tamil pogrom of 1983, better known as Black July?
Democratic Tamil National Alliance MP Selvam Adaikalanathan has presented a private member's motion demanding that a Presidential Commission of Inquiry be appointed to establish the truth about the 1983 ethnic violence and recommend measures to prevent its recurrence. In response, 51 government Members of Parliament submitted on October 9 a formal resolution to the Deputy Speaker demanding the appointment of a PSC for the same purpose.
Unlike a Special Presidential Commission appointed under the Special Presidential Commissions of Inquiry, ...