PANAJI: Two nominations were received on Thursday for the post of deputy speaker of Goa legislative assembly. For which, the election is scheduled to be held on Friday. The BJP has fielded Mapusa MLA Joshua D’ Souza while the Congress has fielded Siolim MLA Delilah Lobo.
“In pursuance of sub-rule (1) of rule (9) of rules of procedure and conduct of business of the Goa legislative assembly, the speaker has been pleased to fix Friday, July 22 for holding the election for the post of deputy speaker of the assembly,” secretary (legislature) Namrata Ulman said in a notification.
The deputy speaker's post has been lying vacant for over four months now.
In April, Sanguem MLA Subhash Phal Dessai had resigned from the post ahead of his induction in chief minister Pramod Sawant-led cabinet.
Recently, speaker Ramesh Tawadkar had withdrawn the notification for the election of deputy speaker. The election was earlier scheduled to be held on July 12, for which the nominations were to be filed before noon on July 11.
