Media Minister to head special committee on MiG purchases

Uditha Kumarasinghe Irangika Range and Sandasen Marasinghe

Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara informed Parliament yesterday that Mass Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa was appointed as Chairman of the Special Parliament Committee to probe the matters on allegations of corruption levelled against the Sri Lanka Air Force regarding the purchase of MiG - 27 aircraft from Ukraine.

Parliament Members Maithreepala Sirisena, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, Keheliya Rambukwella, Dullas Alahapperuma, Rishard Bathiudeen, Hemakumara Nanayakkara, Jagath Pushpakumara, Sarath Kumara Gunarathna, John Amarathunga, Lakshman Kiriella, Lakshman Seneviratne, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Sagala Rathnayake, Bimal Rathnayake, R. Sampanthan, Sri Kantha, Wimal Weerawansa, Jayantha Samaraweera and Basil Rajapaksa have been appointed as members of the Special Parliament Committee.