Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has suspended parliament till February 08, according to a gazette notice.
Parliament will re-convene at 1000 am on January 08.
President Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he would make a speech, officially declaring his intention to give effect to the 13th amendment to the constitution on provincial councils.
Provincial councils, a power sharing arrangement backed by India as a solution to the ethnic Tamil have not yet been given police and land powers.