Sri Lanka, March 16 -- Claiming that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is now too late to talk about the Batalanda Commission report, Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said today the government will take legal action based on the report.

He told reporters that the government tabled the report in Parliament as promised and has scheduled to hold a two day debate on April 10 and in May.

"The government has decided to appoint a committee regarding the matter. We will refer the report to the Attorney General's Department as well," he said.

The Minister said the UNP and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa's SJB group argued against taking the debate and added that the government managed to allocate a date for the debate.

"We will hold the deba...