Maithripala Sirisena said he was dissolving parliament and calling snap elections The Sri Lankan president's decision to dissolve parliament and call snap elections, his latest attempt to blast a political rival from the prime minister's office, will be challenged in the country's supreme court. A political crisis in the Indian ocean nation deepened on Friday night when Maithripala Sirisena announced he was dissolving parliament, which opponents said was an illegal order.
Maithripala Sirisena said he was dissolving parliament and calling snap elections The Sri Lankan president's decision to dissolve parliament and call snap elections, his latest attempt to blast a political rival from the prime minister's office, will be challenged in the country's supreme court. A political crisis in the Indian ocean nation deepened on Friday night when Maithripala Sirisena announced he was dissolving parliament, which opponents said was an illegal order.
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