House reserves seat for President
A seat in the Chamber of Parliament was reserved
for President Mahinda Rajapaksa since yesterday. The front row seat
that was allocated to the Prime Minister was reserved for the
President. With this change Prime Minister D M Jayaratne will now
occupy the seat to the President’s left.
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Parliament
Safeguarding Parliamentary traditions vital - Speaker
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa presided yesterday when
Parliament met at 9.30 am. The Speaker stated that the President
accepted the resignation of the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of
Committees Priyankara Jayaratne on November 22, 2010. After the
session of oral answers to questions, the Speaker announced that the
post of Deputy Speaker had fallen vacant.
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