The Committee on Public Enterprises is the Legislative body empowered by the Parliament by Standing Order 126, to examine the accounts of the Public Corporations and of any business or other undertaking vested under any written law in the Government , along with the reports of the Auditor General thereon laid before the Parliament.

Senior Minister Dew Gunasekera said based on this authority investigations are being carried out and the final COPE report will be presented in Parliament at the end of this year.(KH)