COLOMBO : Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has requested parliamentarians to elect the deputy speaker unanimously and preferably a female legislator.
The parliament is slated to appoint a deputy speaker to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ranjith Siyambalapitiya from the post of deputy speaker last week.
The Prime Minister’s Office said that the Prime Minister informed this to a group of MPs who met him Saturday morning,May 14.
The Prime Minister has said that he would request party leaders to give this opportunity to a female parliamentarian.
