Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Parliament To Convene A Special Session On 06th Of February To Debate On Two Commission Reports

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The Parliament will convene a special session on 06th of February to conduct the debate of Central Bank Bond Scam and Serious Fraud and Corruption Commission Reports the Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has announced today (30).

Earlier Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe had requested to convene a special session of Parliament on 08th of February after President Maithripala Sirisena had proposed to hold a special session of Parliament before the Local Government Elections to be held on 10th of February to debate on two Commission reports.All Party Leaders have earlier decided to hold the special Parliamentary Session to debate on Commission reports on 20th and 21st of February.

During today's All Party Leaders Conference held in Parliament under the patronage of Parliament Speaker Jayasuriya it was decided to convene the special session on 06th of February as per the recommendation of the chairman of the Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya.

It was decided not to convene the session on 08th of February as Prime Minister requested as the election related publicity programmes will be banned from 06th of February.

Accordingly Prime Minister Wikramasinghe has requested the Speaker to convene the special session to debate of the two commission reports on 06th of February it has been reported.

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