Speaker to table PSC names today

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya will table the names of the 17 members appointed to the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) which was authorised to conduct the nomination process of the members for Committees including the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) today, Parliament sources said.

Members appointed to the PSC include MP Chamal Rajapaksa, Nimal Siripala De Silva, Dinesh Gunawardena, Johnston Fernando, Douglas Devananda, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Gamini Lokuge, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Rishad Bathiudeen, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Mano Ganesan, Niroshan Perera, Mavai Senathirajah.

The first meeting of the Parliamentary Select Committee will be held at 3.00 p.m at the Parliament complex today. (Ajith Siriwardana)