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Charitha Herath dropped from new COPE committee

03 Oct, 2022

By Easwaran Rutnam

Professor Charitha Herath has been dropped from the new Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).?

Herath was elected as the Chairman of COPE for the Second Session of the ninth Parliament in February this year.

Herath served as the Chairman of the COPE committee until Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed President and the committees were later dissolved.

Under Herath’s leadership the COPE committee investigated several discrepancies in State institutions, including Sri Lankan Airlines.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced the names of the new members of COPE today.

The Speaker announced that MPs Jagath Pushpakumara, Janaka Wakkumbura, Lohan Ratwatte, Indika Anuruddha Herath, D. V. Chanaka, Shantha Bandara, Anura Dissanayaka , Rauff Hakeem , Patali Champika Ranawaka , Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Rohitha Abegunawardhana, (Dr.) Harsha de Silva , Eran Wickramarathne , Nimal Lanza, S. M. M. Muszhaaraff, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha , S. M. Marikkar, Mujibur Rahuman, (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna, Sanjeeva Edirimanna, Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi, Premnath C. Dolawatte, Upul Mahendra Rajapaksha, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, (Mrs.) Rajika Wickramasinghe, Madhura Withanage and (Prof.) Ranjith Bandara have been nominated by the Committee of Selection.

The new COPE members did not include?Professor Charitha Herath.

The Speaker also announced the new members of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).?(Colombo Gazette)

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