Professor Ranjith Bandara elected new COPE chairman
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on October 6, 2022 - 12:10 pm
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Professor Ranjith Bandara has been elected as the new chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) today (October 06).
A total of 14 members of the committee had voted in favour of Prof. Ranjith Bandara while seven others voted for Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne.
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