Donoughmore, Bundestag, Westminster, or ‘Yaha Paalanaya’? An alternative proposal for the reform of the parliamentary committee system

<p>According to President Maithripala Sirisena’s timetable for his 100-day reform programme, the Standing Orders of Parliament are to be amended on 20^th January to reform the parliamentary committee system. According to the <a href="http://100days.lk">100days.lk</a> website,</p> <blockquote><p>“The Standing Orders will be amended and, in terms of Proposal 67/10 now tabled in Parliament, Oversight Committees will be set up comprising members of Parliament who are not in the Cabinet will be established [sic] and their Chairmanship will be given to representatives of all Ministers in consultation with the leaders of all parties represented in Parliament.”</p>
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