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Mauvin elected Dy Speaker

Sandesh Prabhudesai
17 July 2007

Mauvin Godinho, the Congress MLA from Cortalim, was elected the deputy speaker today by voice vote.

Earlier, Alex Reginald Lawrenco, Save Goa Front MLA from Curtorim, secured only 17 votes in the 40-member House in a division vote.

Speaker Pratapsing Rane thus declared Godinho being elected the deputy speaker and did not take the candidature of BJP MLA Ramesh Tawadkar for voting.

All 14 BJP MLAs, including Tawadkar, stood in favour of Lawrenco. The division vote was demanded by Manohar Parrikar, the state opposition leader.

The 17 in opposition, besides the BJP, included two SGF legislators and Babush Monseratte, the sole UGDP legislator.

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