Parliamentary Council approves PUCSL nominations

by Zulfick Farzan 04-02-2021 | 4:40 AM

Colombo (News 1st); The Parliamentary Council at its 6th Meeting on Wednesday (03) approved the nominations made for the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.

The names of Janaka Ratnayake as Chairman and Chathurika Wijesinghe, Mohan Samaranayake, Udeni Wickramasinghe, Prof. Janaka Ekanayake to serve as members to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka in terms of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka Act, No. 35 of 2002 were presented before the Council to which a majority of the Constitutional Council members were in agreement.

The Parliamentary Council held its 6th meeting under the patronage of the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Minister of Fisheries Douglas Devananda and MP Kabir Hashim along with the Secretary General of Parliament Dammika Dasanayake were present at the Parliamentary Council meeting.