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Speaker convenes Parliament today
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed President Maithripala Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament and restrained the Election Commission from preparing for snap elections. After hearing 11 petitioners and respondents for two days, the top court suspended until December 7, the proclamation issued by Mr. Sirisena last week sacking the legislature and calling for elections on January 5.
The ruling comes amidst a fortnight-long political upheaval.
Following the ruling, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya convened Parliament on Wednesday. Mr. Jayasuriya will first meet representatives of all parties at 8.30 a.m. and reconvene the House at 10 a.m. “All MPs are requested to attend,” he said in a statement.
Wickremesinghe upbeat
As those opposed to Mr. Sirisena’s actions welcomed the apex court’s ruling, a spokesman at ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office told The Hindu : “We have the numbers, we are ready to prove that in Parliament on Wednesday.” It remains unclear if the House will take up a floor test on Wednesday but its reconvening, nearly three weeks after it was prorogued, and subsequently dissolved — comes as good news to parties that deemed the President’s sudden actions unconstitutional. Mr. Wickremesinghe tweeted: “The people have won their first victory. Let’s go forward and re-establish the sovereignty of the people in our beloved country.” Speaking for the Sirisena camp, Nimal Siripala de Silva said the respondents would ask for revision of the decision by a fuller Bench.
Source:https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sri-lanka-court-stays-dissolution-snap-elections/article25489547.ece
