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The Hon. Deputy Speaker

17 December 2024 ·Opening: Opening: Parliament Meeting, Affirmations, and Speaker's Election

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¶ 01 Are there any other names?

¶ 02 As no other name of an Hon. Member has been proposed and seconded, I declare to this House that the Hon. Idampitiyegedara Wanigasuriya Mudiyanselage Jagath Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament, has been duly elected to the Office of Speaker of the Tenth Parliament.

¶ 03 The newly elected Hon. Speaker shall now take the Chair.

¶ 04 Whereupon the Hon. Jagath Wickramaratne was taken out of his place and conducted to the Chair by the Hon. (Dr.) (Ms.) Harini Amarasuriya and the Hon. Bimal Rathnayake.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 17 December 2024 ·No. 1734685396083959 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Deputy Speaker. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18013