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The family's political party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (known by its initials SLPP) won a landslide victory and a clear majority in the parliament, and five members of the Rajapaksa family won a seat in the parliament. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa became the new prime minister.
The Democratic Tamil National Alliance (abbreviated DTNA; Tamil: ஜனநாயக தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டணி, romanized: Jaṉanāyaka Tamiḻ Tēciya Kūṭṭaṇi), previously known as the Tamil Democratic National Alliance (abbreviated TDNA), is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority.
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...
Japan, India and China are key parties to Sri Lanka's $12.5 billion debt rework. The main candidates in the election have expressed their intention to continue working with these parties and ...
The Democratic Tamil National Front was officially launched on 4 May 2016 in Colombo. [3] [4] [5] The alliance consists of several organisations including Democratic People’s Congress (led by P. Ganesan), Eelam People's Democratic Party (led by Douglas Devananda), Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students, International Hindu Priests Organisation, Organisation for Democracy Reform, Tamil ...
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its second since independence in 1948. The constitution changed the country's name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka, and established it as an independent republic.
DPLF was established in 1987. While People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam was fighting the LTTE and other paramilitary factions in the North, they decided to enter democratic politics and gain power in parliament. Even after their entrance to democratic politics, they would participate in battles such as the 1988 Maldives coup d'etat. [1]