President seeks mandate for further reform in Sri Lanka Parliament election following on changes | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Colombo, Sri Lanka- The Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena, has dissolved his country’s Parliament, 160 days after assuming office in January this year. It was also announced on Friday night that the Parliamentary elections will be held on August 17, while the new Parliament is scheduled to meet on September 1. The dissolution ends weeks of…