He was voted into the position this morning by the Unity Front Political Grouping with 33 votes. Mr Saimon defeated caretaker prime minister Sato Kilman’s nominee, Christopher Emelee who got 18 votes. There was one void vote cast.
The election of the speaker confirms that the Unity Front bloc has the upper-hand to elect the next prime minister – setting aside speculation that certain independent MPs may be defecting to the caretaker side when MPs gather inside the chamber this morning.
