Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to his supporters at the election high commission in Colombo January 27, 2010.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved parliament with effect from Wednesday and called legislative elections, a senior government official said.


"The president dissolves the parliament with effect from midnight today," said a senior government official.
(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Writing by Shihar Aneez)


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