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Gazette dissolving parliament published
Mar 02, 202010:45 PM
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The gazette notification pertaining to the dissolution of the Parliament of Sri Lanka has been published.

 

Accordingly, the 8th Parliament will be dissolved with effect from midnight today (02).

 

The new parliament is set to convene on the 14th of May, 2020.

 

Meanwhile, General Election 2020 has been declared to be held on the 25th of April.

 

Nominations for the election will be called for from the 12th to the 19th of March.

 

The five-year term of the 8th Parliament began on September 1, 2015, following the parliamentary elections held on August 17, 2015, and is due to expire in August this year.

 

However, under the 19th Amendment, the President has been vested with the power to dissolve the parliament after four and a half years of the sitting of Parliament.

 

Extraordinary Gazette dissolving Parliament of Sri Lanka by Ada Derana on Scribd

 

 

 

 

 

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