COLOMBO, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan parliament on Tuesday unanimously appointed ruling National People’s Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Jagath Wickramaratne as its new speaker.
Wickramaratne was nominated by Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, and the Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake supported her proposal.
No different names have been proposed, and Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih introduced to the House that Wickremeratne was unanimously appointed as the brand new speaker.
On Nov. 13, former Speaker Asoka Sapumal Ranwala resigned within the wake of controversy over his academic {qualifications}. Earlier, the opposition events accused the speaker of mendacity about holding a PhD from a Japanese college.
In an announcement, Ranwala clarified that he had by no means lied about his academic qualification, however admitted that he at the moment lacks documentary proof of his tutorial achievements.