The names of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who were appointed to serve in 5 parliamentary committees have been announced.

Earlier today (Feb.09), Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana tabled the lists, in all three languages, containing the names of the members newly appointed as per the motions passed by Parliament.

Accordingly, members have been selected to serve in the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport and Highways, Ministerial Consultative Committee on Tourism and Lands, Committee on Parliamentary Business, Committee on Public Accounts, and the Committee on Ways and Means during the Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament, which was ceremonially inaugurated by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Feb.07.

Committee on Parliamentary Business 

In terms of the provisions of the Standing Order 115 of the Parliament and the motion agreed to by Parliament this day, members have been nominated with the Speaker as the Chair, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairperson of Committees, the Leader of the House of Parliament, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, the Chief Government Whip and the Chief Opposition Whip, by the Committee of Selection, to serve in the Committee on Parliamentary Business.

Nimal Siripala de Silva
Attorney at Law Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi
Douglas Devananda
Mahinda Amaraweera
M.U. M. Ali Sabry, PC
Kanchana Wijesekera
Chamal Rajapaksa
Johnston Fernando
Gayantha Karunatilleka
Anura Dissanayaka
Prof. G. L. Peiris
Rauff Hakeem
Gamini Lokuge
Wajira Abeywardana
A. L. M. Athaullah
C. B. Rathnayake
Rishad Bathiudeen
R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara
Mano Ganesan
Rohitha Abegunawardhana
Namal Rajapaksa
Sagara Kariyawasam
Eran Wickramaratne
G. G. Ponnambalam
M. A. Sumanthiran

Committee on Public Finance

Shehan Semasinghe
Dr. Seetha Arambepola
Dr. Suren Raghavan
Anupa Pasqual
Johnston Fernando
Rauff Hakeem
Wajira Abeywardana
Vijitha Herath
Mahindananda Aluthgamage
Duminda Dissanayake
Chandima Weerakkody
Dr. Nalaka Godahewa
Dr. Harsha de Silva
Nimal Lanza
M. A. Sumanthiran
Dr. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Mayantha Dissanayake
Harshana Rajakaruna
U. K. Sumith Udukumbura
Dr. Major Pradeep Undugoda
Isuru Dodangoda
Premnath C. Dolawatte
Madhura Withanage
M. W. D. Sahan Pradeep Withana

Committee on Ways and Means

Lasantha Alagiyawanna
Anuradha Jayaratne
Sisira Jayakody
Shasheendra Rajapaksa
W. D. J. Seneviratne
S. M. M. Muszhaaraff
Sanjeeva Edirimanna
Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport and Highways

The Committee of Selection have nominated members to serve in the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Transport and Highways, in terms of the provisions of Standing Order 112(1) of the Parliament and the motion agreed to by Parliament.

Dilum Amunugama
Rohitha Abegunawardhana
Ashok Abeysinghe
Mohomad Muzammil
Lalith Varna Kumara

Ministerial Consultative Committee on Tourism and Lands

Geetha Samanmale Kumarasinghe
Gayantha Karunatilleka
Kapila Athukorala
Amirthanathan Adaikkalanathan
Nipuna Ranawaka