COPE, COPA powers to be increased!
Leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardena making a special statement in Parliament today (20) said that an amendment to the Standing Orders of Parliament to increase the powers of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA), the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and others will be tabled soon.
Accordingly, he said that these amendments would be brought in empowering these committees further, in order to enable them to go beyond merely issuing reports.