The Secretary-General of Parliament, Dhammika Dassanayake, said that attention had been drawn towards the establishment of parliamentary monitoring committees.

Speaking to News 1st, he said that the number of MPs appointed by a political party for each committee is yet to be decided.

The decision on the number of MPs that will be appointed to the monitoring committee will be decided by the relevant parties. The committee will be entrusted with the task of monitoring the work of ministries, including projects undertaken.

The Secretary of Parliamentary Affairs, added that the ways in which the tasks, and for what a degree it will be divided between the ruling and the opposition parties, are yet to be decided.

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