Government MP Prof. Charitha Herath was appointed as the Chairman of the Commitee on Public Enterprises (COPE) a short while ago.
His name was proposed by Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage & seconded by State Minister Jayantha Samaraweera at the 1st meeting of the COPE Committee of the 9th Parliament.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa had earlier requested the Government to grant the chairmanship of the COPE committe to an opposition MP as done by the previous Government.
The 22- member Committee was appointed after a proposal submitted on 27 August was approved by Parliament.
The members of the COPE committee of the new Parliament are as follows.
- Mahinda Amaraweera
- Mahindananda Aluthgamage
- Rohitha Abeygunawardana
- Susil Premjayantha
- Jayantha Samaraweera
- Dilum Amunugama
- Indika Anurudhdha
- Sarath Weerasekara
- DV Chanaka
- Nalaka Godahewa
- Ajith Nivad Cabral
- Rauff Hakeem
- Anura Dissanayake
- Patali Champika Ranawaka
- Jagath Pushpakumara
- Eran Wickramaratne
- Ranjan Ramanayake
- Nalin Bandara
- SM Marikkar
- Premnath C Dolawatta
- SR Rasamanickam
- Charitha Herath