Supreme Lanka Coalition උත්තර ලංකා සභාගය உத்தர லங்கா சபாகய Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya | |
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| Chairman | Wimal Weerawansa |
| Secretary | Dr G. Weerasinghe |
| Deputy Chairman | Udaya Gammanpila Tissa Vitharana |
| Founded | 4 September 2022 |
| Split from | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Mawbima Janatha Pakshaya |
| Parliament of Sri Lanka | 0 / 225 |
The Uttara Lanka Sabhagaya (Sinhala: උත්තර ලංකා සභාගය, Tamil: உத்தர லங்கா சபாகய) or Supreme Lanka Coalition is a political alliance in Sri Lanka formed in 2022.[1] The coalition is made up of seven Sri Lankan leftist and nationalist parties who were formerly part of the SLPP-led Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance, before defecting to the opposition amidst the 2022 economic crisis and political crisis.[2] The first conference of the alliance was held on 4 September 2022. Leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) and former cabinet minister Wimal Weerawansa is the chairman of the Supreme Lanka Coalition.[1]
The parties of the Supreme Lanka Coalition include:
- Democratic Left Front
- Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- Communist Party of Sri Lanka
- National Freedom Front
- Piwithuru Hela Urumaya
- Vijaya Dharani National Council
- Yuthukama National Organization
- Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya[3]
- ^ a b "'Supreme Lanka Coalition': Independent parties form new alliance". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ "SLPP is NOT welcome to Supreme Sri Lanka Coalition - Wimal". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
- ^ Weerasooriya, Sahan (2023-09-06). "MP Navaratne denies switching allegiance to Sajith". Retrieved 2024-04-24.