<div>Thousands of Sri Lankan people on Tuesday took to the streets of Colombo to protest against the sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, demanding early convening of Parliament. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The protesters, carrying placards and shouting slogans, blocked the roads near Mr. Wickremsinghe's official residence, where several of his party MPs addressed the gathering. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Mr. Wickremsinghe said people did not vote for President Sirisena to act in this manner and that they will resist what the president has done. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>He has demanded that parliament meet so that he can prove his majority.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Meanwhile, speaker Karu Jayasuriya requested the President to convene parliament on Friday to resolve the on-going crisis precipitated by his sudden decision of replacing Ranil  Wickremesinghe and appointing Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime minister. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Earlier, the speaker had written to the President asking him to convene parliament as early as possible based on a petition submitted to him by over 125 MPs. </div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>However, a spokesman of new government said that proroguing Parliament is prerogative of President and Mr. Wickremsinghe can challenge his removal in court. <br />''</div><span id="MSIEparagraph"></span>