Colombo, Safar 18, 1440, Oct 27, 2018, SPA -- Sri Lanka's president suspended parliament on Saturday even as the prime minister he fired the previous day claimed he has majority support. Chaminda Gamage, a spokesman for the parliamentary speaker, confirmed that President Maithripala Sirisena had suspended parliament until Nov. 16. The suspension came while ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was holding a news conference in which he asserted that he could prove his majority support in parliament. Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and his Cabinet on Friday and replaced him with former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, creating what some observers said could be a constitutional crisis. The suspension of parliament is expected to give Rajapaksa time to try to muster enough support to survive any no confidence vote. -- SPA 19:56 LOCAL TIME 16:56 GMT 0020 www.spa.gov.sa/w776841