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The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) of Sri Lanka will begin its functions on Wednesday, October 15. The council chaired by Sam Wijesinghe, former Secretary-General of Parliament will receive, inquire into and make findings on complaints from the public on any matter published in the press from this date onwards.

The council also inquire into any breaches of the Code of Practice of the Editors Guild of Sri Lanka, which has been adopted by the PCC. The other members of the council are Dr. Devanesan Nesiah, former Government Agent, Jaffna and of the Public Service Commission.

Javid Yusuf, former Principal Zahira College and former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ms. Swarna Jayaweera, former lecturer at the University of Colombo, Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, Film Director and Lucille Wijewardene, Chartered Accountant, Siri Ranasinghe, Editor of the Lankadeepa and President of the Editors Guild, G.S. Perera, former Editor of the Dinamina and member of the Press Council, P. Balasingham, Deputy Editor of the Daily News, Dion Schoorman, former Senior Representative of Reuters (Sri Lanka) Limited and Ms. Mallika Wanigasundera, free-lance journalist.

The Council will be housed at the ICPL Arbitration Centre at No. 61, Carmel Road, Colombo 3, with a full-time staff headed by the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Manique Mendis, a Senior Media and Public Relations personality. Ms. S. Dammulla, the former Press Commissioner and Secretary of the Press Council, has also joined the PCC.

The Council of the PCC is committed to provide a speedy and cost effective resolution of complaints against the press by the public. Services are provided for a nominal charge to only offset administrative costs.

A copy of the Code of Practice and a booklet on 'How to Complain and a simple Guide to the inquiry procedures' will be available in all three languages at the PCC office to assist members of the public.

The Press Complaints Commission is a self-regulatory mechanism and is incorporated under the Companies Act of Sri Lanka.

Its subscribers are the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, the Editors Guild of Sri Lanka and the Free Media Movement.

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