President to address parliament on Aug 03

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to address the third session of the Ninth Parliament on August 03.

The parliament was prorogued by President Wickremesinghe with effect from midnight yesterday (28 July), via an extraordinary gazette.

As per subsections (a) and (b) of Article 33 of the Constitution, after the end of one session of parliament and a new session commences, the President has the opportunity to ceremonially declare open the Parliament and preside over it to present the government’s policy statement.

Furthermore, the committees other than the Liaison Committee of Parliament, Committee on High Posts and Select Committees should be re constituted following the beginning of the new session.