Anura Dissanayake: JVP gets its biggest high with his rise
WEB2 days ago · His accession to the post is a remarkable turnaround for his half-century-old party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which had long remained on the margins. He is Sri Lanka's first-ever Marxist ...
Sri Lanka President Dissanayake picks Amarasuriya as PM, takes …
WEB21 hours ago · Dissanayake ran in Saturday's presidential election as the candidate for the National People's Power coalition, which includes his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party that traditionally championed ...
Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count
WEB2 days ago · News; World; Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count; Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People's Power (NPP) had won 39.52 per cent of the votes counted.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024
WEB2 days ago · Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on decades of political struggle and marking a dramatic shift in the country’s power dynamics. The election, necessitating a first-ever count of second preference votes, saw Dissanayake edge out rivals despite falling short of the 50% threshold, effectively redrawing Sri ...
Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s …
WEB4 days ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake is from the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), ... Premadesa, in an interview with the Associated Press news agency, said he had already started talks with the ...
Who is Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake?
WEB2 days ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), won 42.3 per cent of the vote in the Sep 21 election.
Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The New …
WEB3 days ago · The remarkable turnaround for Mr. Dissanayake, after he had won only 3 percent of the vote in 2019, lifts his half-century-old leftist party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, to the center of a ...
In a political paradigm shift, Sri Lanka leans to the left - BBC
WEBThe 55-year-old Dissanayake heads the National People’s Power (NPP) alliance, which includes his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), or People's Liberation Front - a party that has traditionally ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka …
WEB3 days ago · This enabled him to overcome trepidation over the violent past of his political party, the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which carried out two armed insurrections against the Sri Lankan ...
Could Marxist Anura Dissanayake become Sri Lanka’s next …
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Dissanayake stands out among that set: He is the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a party that has never previously been close to national power and that twice led Marxist...
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