<p>Amidst a second day of violence by lawmakers inside parliament, Sri Lanka’s president Maithripala Sirisena vowed that he would not prorogue parliament “under any circumstances”.</p>
<p>“I urge all Parliamentarians to uphold principles of democracy parliamentary traditions at all times,” he said whilst MPs were throwing chairs and bottles of water mixed with chilli powder at speaker Karu Jayasuriya this morning.</p>
<p>“I will not prorogue the Parliament under any circumstances,” he added.</p>
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