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Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan President, Dissolves Parliament
FISNIK ABRASH
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Feb. 9, 2010
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Sri Lanka's president dissolved parliament Tuesday to make way for spring elections a day after authorities arrested a key opposition leader, crippling the only serious threat to the ruling party's stifling grip on power.
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It isn't clear from the story whether suspending parliament before elections is standard, legal practice in Sri Lanka. Or if the president is acting in an extra-legal fashion to consolidate power. The writer clearly thinks the later, but without quite explaining why.
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