Deputy Speaker made these observations addressing a press conference held at the Parliamentary Complex last day.

Deputy Speaker Sumathipala would head the Sri Lankan parliamentary delegation to Geneva. The delegation would consist of parliamentarians Anoma Gamage, Ranjith Aluvihare, Bimal Ratnayake and Shanthi Sriskantharajah.

The Deputy Speaker further said that female parliamentarians Anoma Gamage and Shanthy Sriskantharajah would represent Sri Lanka at the IPU meeting of Women Parliamentarians scheduled to be held on October 17 at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly.

He added that JVP MP Bimal Ratnayake would represent Sri Lanka at the Forum of young Parliamentarians of the IPU scheduled to be held on October 18.