Parliamentary Council to call for nominations for RTI Commission

The Parliamentary Council has decided to call for nominations for the vacant posts of members of the Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka, Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said.

Accordingly, the council has decided to call for nominations from the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, organizations of publishers, editors and journalists and other civil society organizations, the Secretary General said.

This decision was taken during the recent online meeting of the Parliamentary Council chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

Accordingly, the Council has decided to publish newspaper advertisements on weekends and weekdays in three languages and to provide a period of 2 weeks to forward such nominations.