Parliament to focus on taking action against officials who fail to implement COPE decisions

The Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and Member of Parliament (Prof) Charitha Herath said that the Parliament will focus on taking special measures against officials who do not implement the recommendations and decisions made by COPE.

He mentioned this at a special meeting of the Committee on Public Enterprises which was held in Parliament. Accordingly, the Chairman of COPE stated that the investigations carried out during this period have been complied into a report and copies of the report have been given to the members of the committee.

The Members of Parliament who were present, pointed out that strict action should be taken against the officials who do not implement these decisions. He also pointed out that identified important institutions will be called back and special measures will be taken as Parliament in the future.

Furthermore, COPE decided the dates related to the meeting aimed at specifically discussing the implementation of public debt and financial policies of the Central Bank. Accordingly, COPE decided to hold a special meeting to discuss on this regard on the 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd of this month.