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Port employees' TU calls for PCoI to look into X-Press Pearl tragedy

05 Jun 2021

In a request to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the All Ceylon General Port Employees’ Union has called for the appointment of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to look into the MV X-Press Pearl catastrophe. Accordingly, the Trade Union has urged to President to task the relevant PCoI with the following 
  1. Conduct probes into the fire that erupted aboard the vessel
  2. Hold the persons responsible for the tragedy as accountable
  3. Conduct a proper investigation into the incidents
  4. Pay compensation to the aggrieved parties
Further, they called for the appointment of an expert panel to conclude their investigations within the period of three months with relevant actions to follow.


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