President Donald Ramotar invoked an obscure constitutional procedure to carry out the manoeuvre.
He said he was disbanding the legislature with the hope that it might eventually "benefit our people".
But his opponents accused the president of undermining democracy.
President Donald Ramotar executed his decision as MPs returned for their first day of work after a two-month recess.
Under a constitutional tool known as "proroguing", he said he would be able to suspend parliament for a maximum of six months.
The measure would allow the president's administration to work with an opposition-controlled parliament without calling early elections
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