• The role of this Parliamentary Committee is to identify reforms  related to the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend  necessary amendments 

Parliamentary Select Committee on electoral reforms which met yesterday decided to give the public a period of one month to comment on the changes to be made to the electoral systems, a statement from Parliament media unit which quoted Secretary General Dammika Dassanayake said yesterday.  

The Select Committee to identify the shortcomings in the existing Elections Structure and Laws met for the first time yesterday under the chairmanship of Leader of the House and Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.  
The role of this Special Parliamentary Committee is to identify reforms related to the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend necessary amendments in this regard.  

The statement said that the business of the Committee was discussed at the meeting, after its Chairman briefed its members on the role of the Committee. Mr. Gunawardena also welcomed the newly appointed members of the Committee and thanked the Speaker and the House for the establishment of this Committee.  

Ministers Nimal Siripala de Silva, Prof. G. L. Peiris, M.U.M Ali Sabry, State Minister Jeevan Thondaman, MPs Kabir Hashim, Ranjith Madduma Bandara, Mano Ganeshan, M.A. Sumanthiran, Madura Vithanage and Sagara Kariyawasam were also present at the meeting.