Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- The Fifth Session of the Ninth Parliament will be ceremonially declared open by President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (Feb.07).

Sri Lanka Parliament was prorogued with effect from midnight on 26 January, marking the closure of the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament.

When a new session is kicked off, the President presides over the ceremonial opening of the Parliament and presents the government's policy statement. In the past, the policy statement was referred to as the Throne Speech and was presented by the Governor.

The adjournment debate on the government's policy statement is scheduled to be held over two days, on Thursday (Feb.08) and Friday (Feb.09), from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Resolution u...