Sunday, 10 Sep 2023
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By Sandasen Marasinghe and Camelia Nathaniel
Making Opposition MP COPE chairman:
COPE Chairman and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National List MP Charitha Herath said that there is no provision in the Parliamentary Standing Orders to make an Opposition MP the Chairman of the Committee of Public Enterprise (COPE).
Presenting the COPE Report he said that he had no objections to appointing one from the Opposition to chair COPE following an agreement...
Leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardena said that Standing Orders will be amended to enable the sending of financial misappropriation revealed at the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE), Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) to the Attorney General for further action. He said that the Amendment to the Standing Orders will be presented to the House on the next sitting day...