15 December 2024 07:37 pm Views - 1243
Colombo, December 15 (Daily Mirror)- Claiming that a doctorate or an educational certificate was not needed to become the Speaker, former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa said anyone who is elected to Parliament without a doctorate or even an educational certificate can become a Speaker.
He told the media that it would be an issue only if former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala had submitted his details to Parliament as having a doctorate.
Rajapaksa said it is praiseworthy that Ranwala resigned as the Speaker after the controversy erupted over his doctorate.
"It is not a big issue," he added.