Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana has announced the lists of names of the MPs appointed to serve in various Parliamentary Committees during the Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament.
The names were announced yesterday (Mar 06) as per the motions agreed to by Parliament in February 2024.
The lists of names announced by the Speaker are as follows;
Committee on Ethics and Privileges
Dullas Alahapperuma, Kabir Hashim, R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara, (Mrs.) Thalatha Athukorala, G. G. Ponnambalam, Hesha Withanage, and (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya.
Committee on Public Accounts
Tissa Attanayake, Kabir Hashim, Niroshan Perera, J. C. Alawathuwala, Ashok Abeysinghe, Sivagnanam Shritharan, Hector Appuhamy, M. Udayakumar, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, and (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya.
Committee on Public Enterprises
Anura Dissanayaka, Rauff Hakeem, Dilan Perera Dayasiri Jayasekara, Eran Wickramaratne, Nalin Bandara Jayamaha, S. M. Marikkar, Hesha Withanage, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Gamini Waleboda, and (Prof.) Charitha Herath.
Committee on Public Petitions
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar, Palani Thigambaram, Dilip Wedaarachchi, Govindan Karunakaram, Thushara Indunil Amarasena, (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna, Waruna Liyanage, and Nimal Piyathissa.
House Committee
(Dr.) V. Radhakrishnan, J. C. Alawathuwala, Charles Nirmalanathan, and Kins Nelson.
Legislative Standing Committee
Velu Kumar and K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera.
Committee on Standing Orders
Mayantha Dissanayake, Charles Nirmalanathan, and K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera.
Backbencher Committee
S. Noharathalingam, Selvarajah Kajendren, W. H. M. Dharmasena, Kins Nelson, Rohana Bandara, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Nayana Wasalathilake, and Jagath Priyankara.
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
Udaya Gammanpila, Eran Wickramaratne, Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana, Ajith Mannapperuma, B. Y. G. Rathnasekara, and M. A. Sumanthiran.
Committee on Economic Stabilization
Wimal Weerawansa, Mano Ganesan, (Dr.) Nalaka Godahewa, Sivagnanam Shritharan, Hector Appuhamy, and Waruna Liyanage.
Committee on Ways and Means
Patali Champika Ranawaka, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Ashok Abeysinghe, Dharmalingam Sithadthan, and Wasantha Yapabandara.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies
Kabir Hashim and (Dr.) Harsha de Silva.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment
(Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna and Jagath Priyankara.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Investment Promotion
Niroshan Perera and Eran Wickramaratne.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Education
Charles Nirmalanathan and (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media
Gayantha Karunatilleka and Imthiaz Bakeer Markar.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Health
(Dr.) Rajitha Senarathne and Faizal Cassim.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Agriculture
Ranjith Madduma Bandara and Sivagnanam Shritharan.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation
Kins Nelson and Wasantha Yapabandara.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms
(Mrs.) Thalatha Athukorala and G. G. Ponnambalam.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Industries
Rishad Bathiudeen and Buddhika Pathirana.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Urban Development and Housing
Mano Ganesan and S. M. Marikkar.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs
(Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana and Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs
Tissa Attanayake and K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Power and Energy
Chandima Weerakkody and Nalin Bandara Jayamaha.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Environment
(Prof.) Charitha Herath.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Sports and Youth Affairs
Harshana Rajakaruna and Hesha Withanage.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Irrigation
H. M. Dharmasena and Rohana Bandara.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour and Foreign Employment
Hector Appuhamy and Palani Thigambaram.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on State Plantation Enterprises Reforms
Velu Kumar and K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Technology
Mayantha Dissanayake and Imran Maharoof.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Ports, Shipping and Aviation
Tissa Attanayake and Hesha Withanage.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Fisheries
Vijitha Herath and Dilip Wedaarachchi.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development
Rauff Hakeem.
Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Security
Dayasiri Jayasekara and Thushara Indunil Amarasena (NewsWire)