As promised at a meeting with Heads of Media Institutions a few weeks ago, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed an independent 4 Member committee (IC) to review the Special Parliamentary Select Committee report on the Impeachment Motion against the Chief Justice Mrs. Shirani Bandaranaike and to advise him.

The 4 member committee comprises of a veteran on parliamentary and judicial affairs, a senior Attorney at Law, a senior Banker, and an accepted member of the civil society. On the request of these members their names have not been announced. They have pointed out that the announcement of their names could obstruct the independent and impartial review of the report by them.

Government sources said that the select committee report has been provided to them and they have commenced their review this morning. (Info Dept)