Chamal Rajapaksa for key Commonwealth position

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at its 56th meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya recently. Accordingly, he will be the Deputy Chairman of the Association for 2010 - 2011.

The 57th General Assembly of the Assocation representing 54 countries with 175 representative bodies is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in 2012. Its Asian regional meeting will also take place in Colombo in 2011.

Rajapaksa will assume duties as the Association Chairman at this meeting.