President Gotabaya Rajspakshe has
issued a special gazette notification țmidnight last night(02)to prorogue the Parliament sessions under the powers vested with him from the section 70(1) of the Constitution .
Accordance to the Gazette notification issued by the president yesterday ,Parliament will be ceremoniously opened by him on 03rd of January next year (2020).Earlier President Rajapakshe has signed and sent the Gazette notification on proroguing parliament sessions to the government printer to print .
As the Parliament sessions prorogued around 20 committes that functioned under the old parliament have been automatically abolished and new committe members are scheduled to be elected for the committees when the parliament meets again in January.
Proroguing of a Parliament by the newly elected president is a parliamentary tradition accordance to the General secretary of the Parliament Dammika Senanayake
Accordance to the Gazette notification issued by the president yesterday ,Parliament will be ceremoniously opened by him on 03rd of January next year (2020).Earlier President Rajapakshe has signed and sent the Gazette notification on proroguing parliament sessions to the government printer to print .
As the Parliament sessions prorogued around 20 committes that functioned under the old parliament have been automatically abolished and new committe members are scheduled to be elected for the committees when the parliament meets again in January.
Proroguing of a Parliament by the newly elected president is a parliamentary tradition accordance to the General secretary of the Parliament Dammika Senanayake
