GL Peiris: 19A Dissolution

Abstract

TRUE: Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th Amendment] parliament cannot be dissolved for four and a half years. It is only with a two-thirds majority that parliament can be dissolved prior to the appointed time. - GL Peiris, Lankadeepa, 10 August 2020