Who is new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake? 10 …
WEB14 hours ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)'s broader coalition National People's Power (NPP) has been elected as Sri Lanka's next President after the first elections ...
Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count
WEB16 hours 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.
Sri Lanka elections: How Marxist leader Dissanayake’s win reflects ...
WEB12 hours ago · It is not surprising that the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party won elections for the first time in Sri Lankan history, given recent events in the country. President-elect Dissanayake emerged as a challenger to the political elite, which held power for seven decades.
Marxist leader Anura Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential …
WEB14 hours ago · Popularly known as AKD, the 55-year-old leader’s win will also be a watershed moment for his Leftist party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Once seen as a radical fringe group, the JVP lost hundreds of its armed rebels to the Sri Lankan army during the brutal uprisings of the 1980s.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024
WEB15 hours 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 Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The New …
WEB1 day 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 ...
Sri Lanka election 2024: Who could be the next president, what’s …
WEB2 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 ...
Marxist-leaning Dissanayaka becomes Sri Lanka's next president
WEB1 day ago · Dissanayake’s National People’s Power coalition is led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, or People’s Liberation Front, a Marxist party that waged two unsuccessful armed insurrections in ...
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 ...
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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