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Tan Chuan-Jin to be nominated again for Speaker of Singaporean Parliament

Tan Chuan-Jin will be nominated for re-election as Speaker of Parliament of Singapore when the House meets on August 24.
Tan Chuan-Jin to be nominated again for Speaker of Singaporean Parliament ảnh 1Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin (Photo: Internet)


Singapore (VNA) - Tan Chuan-Jin will be nominatedfor re-election as Speaker of Parliament of Singapore when the House meets onAugust 24.

Tan is the current Speaker of the Parliament. He was elected to the post by Members of Parliament (MPs)on Sep 11, 2017, after then Speaker of the Parliament Halimah Jacob was elected Presidentof Singapore.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Indranee Rajahwill be designated Leader of the House, and Senior Minister of State ZaqyMohamad as Deputy Leader.

Theseplans were announced on August20 by the PMO, which also released the text of a letter PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong wrote to the Clerk of Parliament on these posts aheadof the opening of the 14th Parliament./.

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