The appointment of new chairpersons into four other Sectoral Oversight Committees took place yesterday (09) in Parliament.

The Local Government Elections (Amendment) Bill presented by the Member of Parliament Hon. Premnath C. Dolawatta and Hon. Imthiaz Bakeer Markar as Private Members’ Bills along with Ministerial reports were considered by the Legislative Standing Committee recently (28) in Parliament.

Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa was unanimously appointed as the Chair to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges for the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament March (08).

In order to investigate the matters raised by the special audit report on the functioning of the Central Cultural Fund and to examine the progress of the implementation of recommendations given by COPE, a committee meeting was held March (07) under the chairmanship of Hon. (Prof.) Ranjith Bandara.