Shenali Waduge

THOSE WHO GOVERNED & HEADED SECURITY DURING EASTER ATTACKS 2019

·     President (Minister of Defence) – MAITHRIPALA SIRISENA-2015-2019

·      Prime Minister – RANIL WICKREMASINGHE -2015-2019

·      Defense Secretary – HEMASIRI FERNANDO -Jan 2018-May 2019

Police Leadership

·      IGP – Pujith Jayasundara – 2016 – October 2019

Intelligence Services

·       Chief of National Intelligence (CNI) – Sisra Mendis – 2015-2019

·       Head of State Intelligence Service (SIS) – Nilantha Jayawardena Mar 2015 – Dec 2019

Criminal Investigation Department

·       Senior DIG CID – Ravi Seneviratne – 2015 – July 2019

·       Director CID – Shani Abeysekera –2015 SSP / 2017 – Director CID to July 2019

TID (Terrorism Investigation Division) leadership / reporting to IGP

·       Director TID – DIG Nalaka de Silva – Feb 2015 – Oct 2018 (interdicted)

·       SSP W S E Jayasundera Dec 2018 to Apr 2019 (4 months)

·       After May 2019 TID placed under CID SDIG Ravi Seneviratne (he headed CID & TID)

Commander of the Army 

·       Lt. Gen. Chrishantha de Silva – 2015 – 2017 (Jan)

·       Lt. Gen. Mahesh Senanayake – 2017-2019 (Aug) – During Easter attacks

Commander of the Navy 

·       Admiral Jayantha Perera – Jul 2014 to Jul 2015

·       Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne – July 2015 – August 2017

·       Admiral Travis Sinniah – August 2017 – October 2017

·       Admiral Sirimevan Ranasinghe – October 2017 – December 2018

·       Admiral Piyal De Silva – January 2019 – July 2020 (during Easter attacks)

·       Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne – July 2020 – December 2022

Commander of the Air Force  

·       Air Chief Marshal Kolitha Gunathilake – Feb 2014-Jun 2015

·       Air Chief Marshal Gagan Bulathsinghala – Jun 2015 – Sept 2016

·       Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy – Sept 2016 – May 2019 (during Easter attacks)

·       Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias – May 2019 – Nov 2020

·       Air Chief Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana – Nov 2020 – Jun 2023

Attorney General

·       Jayantha Jayasuriya – Jan 2016 to 29 April 2019

·       Dappula de Livera – 29 April 2019 to May 2021

THEY KNEW

2015 – Decision to monitor ISIS network

2016 – Wijayadasa Rajapakse on 32 Sri Lankans joining ISIS Syria

2017 – SIS flags radicalizing trends to Def Sec / surveillance authorized

2017 – July Arrest warrant for Zaharan Batticoloa magistrate/Jun 2017 TID opens file

2018 – Sri Lankan with AlQaeda links arrested in Turkey/Pakistan warning/Mawanella

2018 – 2 July TID B report / Colombo Magistrate issues Open Warrant on Zaharan.

2018 – 7 Jul – TID sends Zaharan file to AGs dept – no action taken

2018 – 9 July onwards CID takes over Zaharan case

2019 – Jan Wanathawilluwa camp / weapons

2019 – April 2 onwards Indian intel briefs giving targets, names of attackers බලයේ සිටි ආරක්ෂක ප්‍රධානින් මෙතරම් සහරාන් ගැන දැන සිටියත් / විදෙස් අනතුරු ඇගවීම් තිබිය දීත්මුකුත් නොකරේ ඇයි