Colombo (News 1st): A meeting to discuss the appointment of new members to committees such as COPE will be held at the Parliamentary complex today (January 7).

The meeting which is scheduled to be held under the patronage of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and will be attended by party leaders.

It has been planned to arrive at a final decision on which members should be appointed to committees such as Committee on Public Finance and Committee on Public Accounts, during the course of this meeting.

Ten committees operating within Parliament were rendered invalid when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa prorogued Parliament last year.

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