SJB MP Kabir Hashim has been appointed Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA).
Chief Government Whip and Urban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told Parliament yesterday (6) that MP Hashim had been appointed to the post unanimously.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, too, have approved the appointment of Hashim as the COPA Chairman.
On Monday (03), Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced a 27- member COPA.
Other members of the COPA are MPs Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva, Lasantha Alagiyawanna, K. Kader Masthan, Dr. Suren Raghavan, Diana Gamage, S. B. Dissanayake, Tissa Attanayake, Rear Adm. (Ret.) Sarath Weerasekera, Wimalaweera Dissanayake, Niroshan Perera, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, J. C. Alawathuwala, Ashok Abeysinghe, Buddhika Pathirana, Jayantha Samaraweera, Hector Appuhamy, Hesha Withanage, Major Pradeep Undugoda, Isuru Dodangoda, Wasantha Yapabandara, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, M.W. D. Sahan Pradeep Withana, D. Weerasingha, Weerasumana Weerasinghe, Prof. Charitha Herath and Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.