Chief Opposition Whip Gayantha Karunathilaka has officially stepped down from the three-member committee appointed to investigate a complaint against MP Dayasiri Jayasekara.
Speaker of Parliament Dr. Jagath Wickramanayake made the announcement during the opening of the parliamentary session on June 6.
To fill the vacancy, Attorney-at-Law and MP Rauff Hakeem has been named as Karunathilaka’s replacement on the committee.
The inquiry committee was originally formed on May 20 in response to a formal complaint concerning MP Dayasiri’s conduct in Parliament.
The committee is chaired by Deputy Chairperson Hemali Weerasekara, with the other members being Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath and now MP Rauff Hakeem.
