Speaker names members to Committee on Parliamentary Business

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Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday announced to the House the new members who will serve on the Committee on Parliamentary Business.

The Committee which is chaired by the Speaker will include the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairperson of Committees, the Leader of the House of Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition, the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip, and 21 other members belonging to all parties represented in Parliament.

The Speaker named 20 members yesterday with one  more to be appointed in the future.

The Committee members are Ministers Chamal Rajapaksa, Nimal Siripala de Silva, G.L. Peiris, Douglas Devananda, Dullas Alahapperuma, Wimal Weerawansa, Basil Rohana Rajapaksa, Mahinda Amaraweera,  Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Prasanna Ranatunga, M.U.M. Ali Sabry, and MPs Gayantha Karunatilleka, Rauff Hakeem, Anura Dissanayaka, Dilan Perera, Rishad Bathiudeen, R.M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Mano Ganesan, G.G. Ponnambalam and M.A. Sumanthiran.

 

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