Parliamentary watchdog committees summon several of state outfits

By Saman Indrajith

Parliamentary watchdog, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned the Sri Lanka Football Federation before the Committee. The Department of Probation and Child Care Services has been summoned before the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).

The Committee on Public Enterprises, the Committee on Public Accounts and 13 Committees including a number of Consultative Committees are scheduled to meet during the first week of August, Secretary-General of Parliament, Dhammika Dasanayake said.

The COPE Committee will meet under the chairmanship of Prof. Charitha Herath and the Committee on Public Accounts will meet under the chairmanship of Prof. Tissa Vitarana. The COPA Committee will review the Special Report of the Auditor General on the process of supplying Medical Supplies Division of the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Auditor General’s Special Report on the Medical Processing Process carried out by the Medical Supplies Division of the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine on Aug 03.

Additionally, the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice chaired by Minister of Justice Ali Sabry and the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health chaired by Health Minister Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi are also scheduled to meet on Aug 03.

The Sri Lanka Standards Institution has been summoned before the COPE on Aug 04 and the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs will also meet in Parliament on the same day under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.

The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Environment is scheduled to on August 05th under the chairmanship of Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera and the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice, the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Fisheries under the chairmanship of Minister Douglas Devananda is also scheduled to meet on the same day.

Furthermore, on the same day, the Industrial Development Board has been summoned before the COPE Committee and the Department of Cooperative Development has been summoned before the COPA Committee.

The Secretary-General of Parliament states that the National Savings Bank has been summoned before the COPE on Aug 06.