Speaker of ROK National Assembly to visit Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Park Byeong-Seng accepted an invitation extended by Foreign Minister Professor G. L. Peiris to engage in a three-day visit to Sri Lanka.

Accordingly, the Speaker of the ROK National Assembly will arrive in Sri Lanka on 18 January.

Prof. Peiris and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea held discussions recently at the Speaker’s Office, National Assembly in Seoul.

The Foreign Ministry states that Speaker Byeong-Seng showed lively interest in the Parliamentary system under Sri Lanka’s Constitution, especially such features as the mingling of the Executive Presidential system with the framework of Cabinet Government.

Minister Prof. Peiris also briefed the Korean Speaker about the current electoral system in Sri Lanka, and the reforms now under discussion by a Parliamentary Committee.

The Foreign Minister and the Speaker discussed in some detail the importance of the work of Select Committees, Consultative Committees and the Standing Committees outside the floor of Parliament, and the relationship of these Committees to the Party System.

The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea accepted with pleasure the invitation extended to him by Foreign Minister Peiris to visit the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

This visit will be a significant event in strengthening cooperation between the Parliaments of the two countries.