UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that President Maithripala Sirisena had given Speaker Karu Jayasuriya a 5 PM appointment to meet today. 

Wickremesinghe hoped the outcome of the meeting would see Parliament being reconvened. 

The UNP has been pushing for Parliament to be reconvened at the earliest so that the House can take a vote on who enjoys the confidence of the Parliament, after President Sirisena appointed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister while Wickremesinghe still held the post. 

The meeting comes after the Speaker wrote to the President twice, requesting him to reconvene Parliament.