Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Dissolves Parliament and calls for parliamentary election on April 25,2020

Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament with on Monday March 02,2020 and called for new parliamentary elections six months early.

President  Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was elected in November, made use of his constitutional powers to dissolve parliament and called for elections on April 25,2020

The constitution gives powers to dissolve Parliament after completing four and a half years of a five-year term.

Rajapaksa was elected to office in Nov 2019 but has said he cannot work freely because his powers have been reduced. He has also faced restrictions because the opposition commanded a majority in the 225-member parliament.

The new parliament will meet on May 14,2020 the election commission said in a statement.

The constitution gives powers to dissolve Parliament after completing four and a half years of a five-year term.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected to office last November but has said he cannot work freely because his powers have been reduced. He has also faced restrictions because the opposition commanded a majority in the 225-member parliament.

The new parliament will meet on May 14,2020 the election commission said in a statement.