No monitoring MPs appointed - Gov’t Whip
August 12, 2011 05:02 pm
Chief Government Whip and Minister Dinesh Gunawardena stated today (August 12) that no MPs have been appointed as Monitoring Members of Parliament.
Responding to a verbal question by UNP Parliamentarian Dayasiri jayasekara he stated that state affairs receive the cooperation of all MPs and that no Monitoring Members of Parliament have been appointed.
However, media reports in December, 2010 had stated that Sajin de Vass Gunawardena had been appointed as the Monitoring MP to the External Affairs Ministry while parliamentarians R. Dumindha Silva and Uditha Sanjaya Lokubandara were appointed as Monitoring MPs to the Defense Ministry.
Responding to a verbal question by UNP Parliamentarian Dayasiri jayasekara he stated that state affairs receive the cooperation of all MPs and that no Monitoring Members of Parliament have been appointed.
However, media reports in December, 2010 had stated that Sajin de Vass Gunawardena had been appointed as the Monitoring MP to the External Affairs Ministry while parliamentarians R. Dumindha Silva and Uditha Sanjaya Lokubandara were appointed as Monitoring MPs to the Defense Ministry.