Sri Lanka's main opposition to announce party's stance on panel report next week

Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) is to announce its stance on the report by the Panel of Experts appointed by UN Secretary General Bank Ki-moon on Sri Lanka in the first week of May.

According to UNP sources, Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe is to make a statement in parliament during its sessions next week on the party's stance on the panel report.

Wickremasinghe has already appointed a committee headed by former senior civil servant Bradman Weerakoon to study the report and make its observations to the party leadership to decide on the stance.