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Speaker attends 64th Commonwealth parliamentary conference
DHAKA, Sept 26, 2019 (BSS) – The 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference (CPC) arranged jointly by Uganda’s Parliament and Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association (CPA) was inaugurated today at Kampala.
The programme was inaugurated by the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni,
said a press release here today.
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury was present
at the inauguration programme.
Whip Iqbalur Rahim, members of parliament vice principal Md Abdus Shahid,
Md Abu Zahir, Mohammad Nazrul Islam and Shirin Ahmed were also present as
part of the Bangladeshi delegation, added the release.
Speaker of parliament of Uganada and CPC president Rebeka Kadga and Deputy
Speaker of Cameroon and CPA president Amelia Lifaka spoke in the conference,
among the Commonwealth Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Parliament Members. This
year, the theme of the conference was ‘Adaption, engagement, and evolution of
parliaments in a rapidly changing Commonwealth’.
The CPA is an international organization of the Commonwealth Parliaments.
Founded in 1991, the organization is working to consolidate and enhance
parliamentary democracy.
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