The Chairman of the Committee, Member of Parliament Prof. Ranjith Bandara has taken steps to remove the Minister of State for Plantation Industries, Lohan Ratwatte, who came to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) without permission. Sri Lanka Latest News
This incident happened when the Coconut Development Authority under the Ministry of Plantation Industries was called before this committee.
It is a tradition that when the committee convenes government institutions, the ministers in charge of the ministries belonging to those institutions do not participate.
