President never asked me not to appoint PSC - Speaker

Uditha Kumarasinghe, Irangika Range and Sandasen Marasinghe

Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara told Parliament yesterday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa never asked him not to

appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) into the MiG-27 deal.

The Speaker made this statement as a response to the question raised by the Chief Opposition Whip Joseph Michael Perera as to whether the Speaker appointed a Parliamentary Select Committee on the MiG-27 deal. Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle raised this question when the debate was in progress after the statement made by Chief Opposition Whip Perera with regard to the transfer of the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.

Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle raised this question when the debate was in progress after the statement made by Chief Opposition Whip Perera with regard to the transfer of the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.