Member of Parliament Kabir Hashim was elected today (05) unanimously as the new chairman to the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).
Accordingly, Member of Parliament S. B. Dissanayake proposed his name as the Chairman of the Committee and it was seconded by Member of Parliament Niroshan Perera.
SJB MP Kabir Hashim said that he hopes to get the support of the former chairmen and members of the committee to carry out the work of the committee more efficiently.
The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) held its inaugural meeting this morning (Oct 05).
State Ministers Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Mohan Priyadarshana De Silva, (Dr.) Suren Raghavan, Wimalaweera Dissanayake, Diana Gamage, Kader Masthan, Members of Parliament S. B. Dissanayake, (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera, Niroshan Perera, (Dr.) Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Ashok Abeysinghe, Buddhika Pathirana, Jayantha Samaraweera, Hesha Withanage, Isuru Dodangoda, (Dr.) Major Pradeep Undugoda, Wasantha Yapabandara, Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, Sahan Pradeep, D. Weerasingha, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, (Prof.) Charitha Herath and (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya were present at this committee meeting held.
