A group of senior members of the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration are reportedly discussing the early dissolution of parliament in the event of a mass exodus from the governing party.
Media reports also stated today that consultations have taken place at the highest levels on the pros and cons of dissolving parliament.
It is learnt that the early dissolution of parliament was being considered by the government seniors in order to strip dissident governing party MPs of their positions in government and parliamentary privileges with immediate effect.
The government seniors it is learnt have considered a precedent where President J.R. Jayewardene had dissolved parliament on December 20, 1988 the day after the 1988 Presidential election was won by R. Premadasa and fresh elections were called two months later.
Jayewardene’s move at the time deprived President Premadasa of having the 5/6th of Parliament under UNP control then.
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