Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance

Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය
ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு
AbbreviationSLPFA
LeaderMahinda Rajapaksa[1]
ChairpersonMaithripala Sirisena[1]
General SecretaryBasil Rajapaksa[1]
Founded31 October 2019
Dissolved5 April 2022
Preceded byUnited People's Freedom Alliance
Succeeded bySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (Pro-Rajapaksa faction)
People's Alliance (Anti-Rajapaksa faction)
IdeologyBig tent
Factions:
Social democracy[2][3]
Socialism
Communism
Sinhalese nationalism[4]
Anti-federalism[5]
Anti-imperialism[6]
Political positionBig tent
Factions:
Centre-left to far-left
Parliament
103 / 225
Website
podujanasandanaya.org
podujanaalliance.org

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.

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.

  1. ^ a b c Pothmulla, Lahiru (17 February 2020). "SLPP, SLFP to contest polls from Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Sandanaya". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "BUSINESS TODAY -I Believe in the SLFP". businesstoday.lk.
  3. ^ "Re-nationalizing: New economic policy".
  4. ^ Perera, Jehan. "Prevent Vicious Cycle From Re-Emerging After Election". peace-srilanka.org. The National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ "The Politics of Demonizing Federalism and Depicting It as Separatism". Colombo, Sri Lanka: Daily Mirror. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Paradox of Pohottuwa's anti-Americanism with US soft diplomacy in Lankan politics". Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 31 October 2019.