KATHMANDU, April 5: Member of the House of Representatives (HoR) Dol Prasad Aryal has been elected as the 10th Speaker of Nepal.
He has been elected unopposed in today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), the lower house of the Federal Parliament.
In the meeting, Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and MP, had presented a proposal seeking election of Aryal as the Speaker. The proposal was seconded by MPs Sobita Gautam, Dr Swarnim Wagle and Sunil Lamsal.
Post of Deputy Speaker remains vacant in HoR
Aryal was the Vice Chairman of RSP before this.
The senior-most member of the HoR Arjun Narsingh KC has congratulated the newly-elected Speaker Aryal and wished him a successful term.
After the statement by those who proposed and seconded Aryal's candidacy in the meeting, Senior-most MP KC, who was presiding over the meeting, declared that Aryal has been elected unopposed to the post of Speaker.
The House of Representatives will next meet at 1.00pm on Monday, the 6th of April.
