Special Parliamentary session on Jan. 10

8 January 2018 12:00 pm

A special sitting of Parliament would be convened on January 10 following a request made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Acting Secretary General of Parliament Neil Iddawala said today.

Political parties such as the Joint Opposition and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had requested Speaker Jayasuriya to convene an urgent session of the House after President Maithripala Sirisena made a statement on the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission that investigated the bond scam.