MP Dilan Perera also resigns from COPE

On Mar 21, 2024

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SLPP MP Dilan Perera too yesterday stepped down from the COPE membership. He was the eleventh MP to quit the COPE.

Speaking at the debate on the No-Confidence Motion against the Speaker, he said that he would forward his resignation letter to the Speaker.

SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne was the first member of the COPE to resign, citing issues with the appointment of a ruling party member as the new chairman of the Committee.

Thereafter, MPs Dayasiri Jayasekara (SLFP), Prof. Charitha Herath (SLPP), S.M. Marikkar (SJB), Hesha Withanage (SJB), Gamini Waleboda (SLPP), Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (TNA), Wasantha Yapa Bandara (SLPP), Duminda Dissanayake (SLFP), and Anura Kumara Dissanayake (NPP) also stepped down from the COPE Committee over the last three days.

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