The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake
Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake emphasized the importance of COPE as a public accountability forum attended by the Auditor General and noted the need for proper conduct in its proceedings. He raised concern that COPE currently has no Opposition Members and consists only of Government-side members, and tabled an Attorney-General’s letter addressed to the Chairman of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority for the Speaker’s attention.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Yes. Please allow me to add a brief remark, Hon. Speaker.
¶ 02 COPE is an important forum, with the Auditor General present, and its proceedings are publicized. The Leader of the House said we must behave properly here. But at present, there are no Opposition Members on COPE; only Government-side members. If there is any issue, I will submit to you the Attorney-General’s letter to the Chairman of the National Gem and Jewellery Authority. I table it now.
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Cite as: The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 March 2025. No. 1745915246032615. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8496