COLOMBO, Oct. 30-- Tens of thousands of people gathered in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Tuesday to urge President Maithripala Sirisena to convene parliament. The protest which the police termed as "peaceful", begun on Tuesday afternoon with the participation of "ousted" Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and legislators from his United National Party (UNP). Protesters shouted slogans urging the president to pave way for a democratically-elected government and convene parliament immediately. |