The Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka - The President
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka responded to the Leader of the Opposition regarding the allocation of parliamentary committee chairmanships. He stated that the Government had already decided to give the COPA Chair and the Public Finance Committee Chair to Opposition Members, while retaining the COPE Chair for the Government, describing this as a collective decision made at the outset rather than a personal position.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Leader of the Opposition, the issue is this: in our country, only on one occasion previously were both COPE and COPA Chairs with the Opposition; otherwise they were with the Government. In our internal discussions—before any request came—we decided to give the COPA Chair to the Opposition, and we also decided, without request, to give the Public Finance Committee Chair to an Opposition Member. Accordingly, we felt the COPE Chair should remain with the Government. This is a decision we collectively took at the outset on how to proceed with these two Committees; it is not merely the Leader of the House’s or my personal stance.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 18 December 2024 ·No. 1735286612086554 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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