Opposition to nominate member for Speaker’s post

The Opposition will nominate an MP for the Speaker's post on Tuesday when Parliament meets to elect a successor to Ashoka Ranwala who resigned from his post last week.

 

"We know we will not be able get our nominee elected, but we hope to create a situation for the people to compare the candidates. If we had contested for the post on November 21 then the people would have said the Opposition nominee would have been better than Ranwala who falsly claimed a doctorate," SJB MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha told the media.