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Sri Lanka president dissolves parliament, calls snap poll

CGTN

Asia;Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a snap election for November 14, almost a year ahead of schedule.

Dissanayake ordered the new assembly to hold its first session on November 21, as he dissolved the 225-member parliament in which his People's Liberation Front (JVP) had just three seats, according to a notification in the official government gazette.

Source(s): AFP
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