Sri Lanka President Sirisena to dissolve the Parliament midnight?

developing STORY

( November 9, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena has decided to dissolve the parliament midnight to conduct the General Elections, as the best option to get rid of the political difficulties he is encountering, unconfirmed sources told the Sri Lanka Guardian.

The official of the Printing Department was ordered to stay till midnight.

Meanwhile, President Maithripala Sirisena today brought the Department of Government Printing under the purview of the Ministry of Defence.
In a Gazette issued a short while ago, the Government Printer and powers relating to Government printing and publication was brought under the Defence Ministry which comes under the President.

It was done by way of an Extraordinary Gazette notification issued a short while ago.

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Updated: The President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena has signed an extraordinary gazette to dissolve the parliament around 20.30 hours in Colombo. President took this shocking decision as he could not manage to get the majority of the house after sacking the sitting Prime Minister Wickramasinghe on October 26, 2018, Sri Lankan Guardian reliably learns.