Omani elected deputy speaker of Arab Parliament

CAIRO: Shaikh Said bin Hamad al Saadi, Deputy Chairman of the Majlis Ash’shura, was elected as First Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament after securing the highest number of votes with a total of 53.
The voting took place at the procedural session held on Saturday at the headquarters of the General-Secretariat of the League of Arab States in Cairo. The session also saw the endorsement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s candidate, Saad bin Salib al Otaibi, for the presidency of the Arab Parliament. Egyptian representative Hisham al Hosari was elected Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament with 52 votes alongside Jordanian representative Ihsan Barakat who secured 43 votes and Libyan representative Abdul Salam Nasiya who secured 32 votes. — ONA