{"id":146454,"date":"2024-12-10T16:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=146454"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:49:41","slug":"title-doctor-removed-from-speakers-name-on-parliament-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/12\/10\/title-doctor-removed-from-speakers-name-on-parliament-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Title &#8216;Doctor&#8217; removed from Speaker&#8217;s name on parliament website"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The title &#8220;Doctor&#8221; previously displayed before the name of the Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker, Asoka Sapumal Rangwala, has been removed from the parliament&#8217;s website, sparking public debate about the legitimacy of the Speaker&#8217;s academic qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The removal follows questions raised about whether the Speaker holds a doctorate degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a media briefing held to announce cabinet decisions, journalists inquired about the issue. Cabinet Media Spokesperson Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa responded, stating that the Speaker would provide a clear explanation regarding the matter in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Hiru News The title &#8220;Doctor&#8221; previously displayed before the name of the Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker, Asoka Sapumal Rangwala, has been removed from the parliament&#8217;s website, sparking public debate about the legitimacy of the Speaker&#8217;s academic qualifications. The removal follows questions raised about whether the Speaker holds a doctorate degree. During a media briefing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}