Lanka’s top court won’t annul Parliament dissolution

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to consider petitions filed by opposition parties and civil groups seeking to annul a presidential order dissolving Parliament because the coronavirus pandemic has prevented elections within the constitutionally mandated time. The Supreme Court made the decision after listening to arguments from the petitioners and the government. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa