Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: Speaker State Assembly, Kavinder Gupta was today elected as regional representative from Indian region for the term 2016-19 of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) by General Assembly at the closing ceremony of the conference.
The Speaker was unanimously elected by the General Assembly and will succeed MLA, Punjab, Dr. Charnjit Atwal, who held the office for three years starting from 2013.
While addressing the Parliamentarians and Legislatures from the participating regions of the globe, Gupta said, “It is indeed a great honour to be elected as regional representative of our region and I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the members for the confidence they have shown on me”.
“On behalf of my region I assure that our region is committed to ensure that the goals which we have set for ourselves are taken forward in a constructive manner by way of ensuring good governance, strengthening the democracy and minimizing the human rights violation in our respective regions”, he added.
The Speaker said that the agenda for the next Commonwealth Parliamentary association (CPA) meet which calls for shared understanding of Parliamentary democracy in over 180 Commonwealth parliaments and legislatures, peer to peer learning, opportunity to participate and contribute to the development of best practices and standard setting for Commonwealth parliaments, legislatures and parliamentarians will be a real learning worth capturing through the diverse experiences of parliamentarians across the commonwealth nations.
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