Leader of the House, Dinesh Gunawardena has rejected Speaker Karu Jayasuriya's nomination of the Selection Committee.
Speaker Jayasuriya, at the commencement of today's parliamentary proceedings had read out the list of MPs of the Selection committee.
Speaker announced names giving 5 MPs each to UPFA and UNF and one each to TNA and JVP in committee of selection.
Meanwhile, Lakshman Kiriella says that it has been a month since the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM but the majority is yet to be proven.
"We will allow the UPFA the majority in committees if they show a majority" he said.
Captured below are scenes from outside Parliament
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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