Names of MPs to serve on five Parliamentary committees announced

Names of  members of Parliament who would serve on five committees were  announced by the the Deputy Speaker  Ajith Rajapakse today.

The Members have been nominated by the Committee of Selection, to serve in the Backbencher Committee, House Committee, Committee on Ethics and Privileges Committee on Standing Orders;:and the Committee on Public Petitions, 

Backbencher Committee:   Kapila Athukorala,   S. Noharathalingam,   Selvarajah Kajendren,  Waruna Liyanage,  Thisakutti Arachchi,   M. Udayakumar,   Sanjeeva Edirimanna,   Karunadasa Kodithuwakku,   (Major) Sudarshana Denipitiya,   W. H. M. Dharmasena,   Kins Nelson,   Rohana Bandara,   Kumarasiri Rathnayaka   Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam,   D. Weerasingha and    (Mrs.) Manjula Dissanayake have been nominated to serve in the Backbencher Committee.

House Committee:    A. L. M. Athaullah,   Chandima Weerakkody,   Premalal Jayasekara,   (Dr.) V. Radhakrishnan,   (Dr.) (Mrs.) Sudarshini Fernandopulle,   J. C. Alawathuwala,   Nimal Lanza,   Piyal Nishantha De Silva,   Jayantha Ketagoda,   Charles Nirmalanathan,   Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi,   Kins Nelson,   (Mrs.) Muditha Prishanthi and   Marjan Faleel have been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the House Committee.

Committee on public Petitions :  Imthiaz Bakeer Markar,   Jagath Pushpakumara,   Piyankara Jayaratne,   Dilip Wedaarachchi,   Vadivel Suresh,   S. Viyalanderan,   Ashoka Priyantha,   A. Aravindh Kumar,   (Mrs.) Geetha Samanmale Kumarasinghe,   B. Y. G. Rathnasekara,   Sarathi Dushmantha,   Govindan Karunakaram,   Jayantha Ketagoda,   Mohomad Muzammil,   Thushara Indunil Amarasena,    Velu Kumar,   Waruna Liyanage,   U. K. Sumith Udukumbura,   Mayadunna Chinthaka Amal,   Nipuna Ranawaka,   Gamini Waleboda,   (Mrs.) Rajika Wickramasinghe,   M. W. D. Sahan Pradeep Withana.

Committee on Ethics and Privileges:

 (Dr.) Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe,   Dilan Perera,   Dullas Alahapperuma,   Vasudeva Nanayakkara,   Kabir Hashim,   R. M. Ranjith Madduma Bandara,   (Mrs.) Thalatha Athukorala,   Kanaka Herath,   Vijitha Berugoda,   Tharaka Balasuriya,   Anuradha Jayaratne,   G. G. Ponnambalam,   Hesha Withanage,   (Mrs.) Kokila Gunawardene,   Weerasumana Weerasinghe and   Samanpriya Herath

Committee on Standing Orders;

 (Dr.) Susil Premajayantha,   S. B. Dissanayake,   (Mrs.) Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi,   (Dr.) Suren Raghavan,   Mayantha Dissanayake,   Charles Nirmalanathan,   K. Sujith Sanjaya Perera,   Sagara Kariyawasam and   Yadamini Gunawardena.

Meanwhile  four more Members have also been nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the Committee on Parliamentary Business.

They are Mahinda Amaraweera,   Wajira Abeywardana,   (Mrs.) Thalatha Athukorala and   Eran Wickramaratne .