COPE report for 2012 in March

Disna MUDALIGE

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) will present its final report for 2012 on its probe into accounts of public enterprises coming under COPE’s scrutiny to Parliament by early March, Human Resources Senior Minister and COPE chairman D E W Gunasekara said.

He said the probe into accounts of 200 public enterprises out of 235 has been completed. Gunasekara said the probe was slightly interrupted when the impeachment of the former Chief Justice intervened. He said the committee would complete the probe as soon as possible.

Gunasekara said the final report with the recommendations for each institution would be presented for the approval of the committee members beforehand, and adjustments would be made if there are any.

The senior minister said the report would be presented to Parliament soon thereafter. He also noted the progress made by each institution on the recommendations given in the previous COPE report is also included in the latest report.

The COPE comprises 31 members, including the chairman, 15 members from the government and 15 members from the opposition and acts as an independent body.