National People's Movement, often abbreviated as NPM (Sinhala: ජාතික ජනතා ව්යාපාරය, Tamil: தேசிய மக்கள் இயக்கம்) is a movement established on 18 December 2018 by joining two organisations, Deshodaya and United Professionals Movement[1] with another 17 civil society groups, composed of intellectuals, professionals, teachers, entrepreneurs, young people and village communities[2]
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| Formation | 2018 December 18 |
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| Type | non-governmental organization |
| Headquarters | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Leader | Vinya Ariyaratne |
| Website | www.npm.lk |
On 29 September 2019, NPM Announced that they will field former commander of Sri Lanka army, General Mahesh Senanayake as their candidate for the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election[3]
Partners
editNational People's movement is a collaboration of following member organizations[4]
- Deshodaya
- United Professionals Movement (UPM)
- Lawyers for Equal Rights
- Sri Lankan Engineers Association
- Trustees (Gte.) Ltd
- Jathika Janatha Commission
- Jathika Parisarika Sanvidana Ekamuthuwa
- Alliance for Political Conscience
- Paramparika Ha Deshiya Waidyawarunge Ekamuthuwa
- Jathika Guru Balaya
- Udara Sri Lanka Organization
- Independent Organization to Protect Depositors
- Mihithala Mithuro Environment Development Foundation
- Janatha Niyojanaye Purogami Sabhawa
- AI Imam Shafi Center for Education & Development
- Dambulu Govijana Vyaparaya
Key members
edit- Vinya Ariyaratne
- Gamini Nanda Gunawardana
- Gamini Wijesinghe
- Dr. Ajith Kolonne
- Mahesh Senanayake
- Dr. Dayan Rajapakse
- Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne
- Kamal Addararachchi
References
edit- ^ "United Professionals' Movement". United Professionals' Movement. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ AsiaNews.it. "A National Movement for good government emerges in Sri Lanka". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "NPM presidential candidate Mahesh Senanayake". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "Sunday Times - In Pictures : NPM launches National Policy Platform". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
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