The SJB will not name any member to COPE as long as Rohitha Abeygunawardena remains as its chair, said chief opposition whip Lakshman Kiriella.

As many as 11 opposition members resigned from COPE in a show of protest against the chairmanship of the SLPP MP from 07 March.

The opposition still has SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem and SJB’s Nalin Bandara as members.

In a speech to the House on 20 March, Bandara said he would stage a hunger strike if Abeygunawardena did not resign from the COPE chair.

However, Hakeem has ruled out resigning from COPE.

He said that talks on the matter with his MPs concluded that at least one opposition MP should be in the committee, or else the government gets a free run at will.

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