Sirisena calls cross party conference as crisis continues

<p>The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena today called for a cross party conference to discuss a way forward to the island's ongoing political crisis.&nbsp;</p> <p>The conference is expected to be held tomorrow at the Presidential Secreteriat.&nbsp;</p> <p>It is not known which parties will send representatives.&nbsp;</p> <p>Sri Lanka has been at a state of political turmoil for several weeks following the president's sacking of the prime minister last month and the appointment of the former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new premier.</p> <p>Parliament was initially prorogued then dissolved before the Supreme Court intervened resulting in parliamentary sittings over the past two days which have been marred with violence.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p>