13-member Parliamentary committee to oversee anti-corruption drive

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Parliament has appointed a 13-member committee to provide leadership and oversee the implementation of actions assigned to it under the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2025-2029.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business on 25 September, 2026, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced in Parliament yesterday.

The committee will be chaired by Parliament’s Deputy Chairperson of Committees Hemali Weerasekara. Its other members are MPs Harshana Nanayakkara, Sunil Watagala, Kaushalya Ariyarathna, J.C. Alawathuwala, Anuradha Jayaratne, Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, Oshani Umanga, Prageeth Madhuranga, Darmapriya Wijesinghe, Dewananda Suraweera, Chandima Hettiaratchi and M. Nizam Kariapper.