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By Yohan Perera
While confirming that the opposition groups in Parliament has nominated his name as the new Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Eran Wickramaratne yesterday said it’s up to the government to decide on a policy to give the chairmanship to members of Opposition.
Mr. Wickramaratne was responding to the reports which said he had been nominated as the Chairman of COPE and MP Kabir Hashim as the Chairman of Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).
“I am aware that our names have been nominated for the posts, final decision has to be made by the government which have majority of members in the two committees. There have been instances where government adopted a policy of giving the chairmanships of the committee to the opposition,” he told Daily Mirror.
Meanwhile Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena last week assured that opposition members will be appointed as chairpersons of committees. He said this when Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella made an inquiry in Parliament.
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