Committee on Public Enterprises (Sri Lanka)
The Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) is a parliamentary committee established on July 21, 1979, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka.[1]
Mission
[edit]The intention of the committee is to ensure the compliance of financial discipline in Public Corporations and other Semi Governmental bodies in which the Government of Sri Lanka has a financial stake.
Structure
[edit]COPE consists of 31 Members reflecting the party composition in the House established under the Standing Order 126 at the beginning of each Parliamentary Session and the Chairman is elected by the Members of the Committee at its first session. Its quorum is four.[2]
Past chairmen
[edit]- George Abeygunasekera, M.P.
- M. S. Amarasiri, M.P.
- John Amaratunga, M.P.
- Wimal Wickramasinghe, M.P.
- Rohan Abeygunasekera, M.P.
- D. P. Wickremasinghe, M.P.
- Prof. W. A. Wiswa Warnapala, M.P.
- Reggie Ranatunga, M.P.
- Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, M.P.
- Rohitha Bogollagama, M.P.
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, M.P.[3]
- W. D. J. Senewiratne, M.P.[4]
- D. E. W. Gunasekera, M.P.[5][6]
- Sunil Handunnetti, M.P.
References
[edit]- ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Committee on Public Enterprises". Parliament.lk. 1979-06-21. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Some Reflections of the Parliamentary Committee On Public Enterprise". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Political News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers". Dailynews.lk. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ http://www.tisrilanka.org/pub/li/pdf/COMDOC1028_document.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Gamini Gunaratna, Sri Lanka News Paper by LankaPage.com (LLC)- Latest Hot News from Sri Lanka (2012-06-25). "Sri Lanka : Committee monitoring public enterprises of Sri Lanka to summon heads of Central Bank and SriLankan Airlines". Colombopage.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ "Features | Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka". Sundayobserver.lk. Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-08-22.