Sri Lanka President prorogues Parliament
Posted by Editor on July 28, 2022 - 9:22 pm
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to prorogue Parliament with effect from midnight today (July 28).
According to the extraordinary gazette notification issued by Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake, the new Parliament session will begin at 10:30 AM on the 03rd of August 2022.
The directive has been issued by the President in terms of powers vested in him through Article 70 of the Constitution.

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There is so much buzz in social media about Aug 09, the date for a new and more vicious form of Aragalaya coming onto the streets. This chatter is not hidden as our foul-mouthed “Field Marshall Ponseka” has also uttered the need for that (yeah, it’s a joke as this foul-mouthed, uneducated joker was rejected by the voters at the last GE and crept into the parliament only through that ‘national list’ loophole backdoor. Beware, be careful, mothers and ensure you keep your children are kept indoors as it appears some marxist-Polpotist extremists/radicals/hooligans/assualters/murderers are yearning for another round of good fireworks to clip their wings.
I like these meaningless slogan as like splendor and prosperity and now this prorogue Parliament.
The current immediate problem is lack of dollars to buy essential things. So do you think that the governments and banks will pour the hard earned dollars to this prorogue Parliament lead buy a senile president?