Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
Left-wing political alliance in Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; Tamil: ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு, romanized: Śrī laṅkā Potujaṉa Cutantira Kūṭṭamaippu) was a political alliance led by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna formed in 2019. Initially, the alliance consisted of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and fifteen smaller parties.
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Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance ශ්රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு | |
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Abbreviation | SLPFA |
Leader | Mahinda Rajapaksa[1] |
Chairperson | Maithripala Sirisena[1] |
General Secretary | Basil Rajapaksa[1] |
Founded | 31 October 2019 (4 years ago) (2019-10-31) |
Dissolved | 5 April 2022 (2 years ago) (2022-04-05) |
Preceded by | United People's Freedom Alliance |
Succeeded by | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (Pro-Rajapaksa faction) People's Alliance (Anti-Rajapaksa faction) |
Ideology | Big tent Factions: Social democracy[2][3] Socialism Communism Sinhalese nationalism[4] Anti-federalism[5] Anti-imperialism[6] |
Political position | Big tent Factions: Centre-left to far-left |
Parliament | 103 / 225 |
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Since 5 April 2022, the alliance has been functionally dissolved, after many of the SLPP's former allies left the SLFPA to join the opposition amidst the Sri Lankan economic crisis and 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis.