An MP from the Sirisena-Rajapaksa camp has denied the possibility of Sri Lanka’s parliament reconvening on November 5 as reported earlier today.
UPFA MP Susil Premajayantha told a press briefing at Rajapaksa’s SLPP party office that parliament would only reconvene on November 16 as gazetted by President Sirisena.
Sirisena had initially suspended Parliament to shore up support for his move to replace Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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