Members to COPE, COPA appointed

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana yesterday announced the names of the new members who were appointed to the two main Parliamentary Committees; the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee On Public Accounts (COPA).

Accordingly, Ministers Mahinda Amaraweera, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Rohitha Abeygunawardhana, Susil Premajayantha, Jayantha Samaraweera, Dilum Amunugama, Indika Anuruddha Herath, Sarath Weerasekara, D. V. Chanaka, Nalaka Godahewa,ajith Nivard Cabraal, MPS Rauff Hakeem, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Jagath Pushpakumara, Eran Wickramaratne, Ranjan Ramanayake, Nalin Bandara, S. M. Marikkar, Premnath C. Dolawatte, Charitha Herath and Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam were appointed to the COPE.

Ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Duminda Dissanayake, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Shehan Semasinghe, Prasanna Ranaweera and MPS Tissa Attanayake,tissa Vitharana, Harin Fernando, Niroshan Perera, Faizal Cassim, Ashok Abeysinghe, Buddhika Pathirana, Kader Masthan, S. Sridaran, Upul Galappatti, B. Y. G. Ratnasekara, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, Ranjith Bandara, Mohammed Muzammil and Harini Amarasuriya were appointed to the COPA. MPS Sarath Weerasekara, Nalaka Godahewa, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Premnath C. Dolawatte, Charitha Herath and Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam were among the new MPS appointed to the COPE while Upul Galapatti, B.Y.G. Ratnasekara, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, Ranjith Bandara, Mohammed Muzammil and Harini Amarasuriya were appointed to the COPA as new members.