New interim committee takes over Free Media Movement
A new interim committee was elected at a special meeting of the Free Media movement. With Chulawansa Sri Lal as convenor the committee will oversee FMM activity until fresh office - bearers are elected at a general meeting scheduled for May.
An official communique by the FMM stated as follows:
21/1/2009
SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE
A special general meeting of the Free media Movement (FMM) was held on January 20, 2009 at the Sri Lanka Press Institute in Colombo 05, under the section 9 of the constitution of the movement. The FMM constitution gives the powers to its members to discuss matters of urgency and importance with regard to functioning of free and independent media in Sri Lanka by calling an special general meeting as and when need arises.
The Special general meeting had unanimously decided to defeat and take every possible action against the forces which are acting to discredit and destroy the image and the functioning of the movement.
The committee of the FMM for 2008/09 resigned voluntarily and appointed a new interim committee to continue the work of the FMM till the next AGM scheduled for May 2009. FMM members, during the special general meeting, also appointed a disciplinary committee under the section 13 of the constitution, to conduct an inquiry into the matters which affected the credibility of the FMM and its members, thus to make available the findings to the public.
The new committee is as follows:
Convenor: Chulawansa Sirilal
Secretary: Sunil Jayasekara
Treasurer: Ananda Jayasekara
Assistance Secretary: Dileesha Abeysundara
Committee members:
Buddhika Weerasinghe
Daya Lankapura
C. Dodawatta
N.Kenniyoodson
Raveendra Chandralal
Convenor – Chulawansa Sirilal - +94 777 314380 Secretary – Sunil Jayasekara +94 777751092
No. 1C, 28th Lane , Off Flower Road, Colombo 07. Tel: +94 115 675906 Fax: +94 112 573 279
E-mail: fmm@sltnet.lk http://freemediasrilanka.wordpress.com"