Sri Lanka's president to reconvene parliament
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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will reconvene parliament.
Addressing a meeting in Colombo, newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said Sri Lankan President had earlier prorogued the parliament till 16 of this month but political parties and foreign powers urged an earlier session to resolve the crisis.
Sirisena named the pro-China Rajapaksa as Prime Minister after abruptly dismissing the government of Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Wickremesinghe has said his removal is unconstitutional and has demanded he be allowed to prove his parliamentary majority.
