{"id":105108,"date":"2020-07-31T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=105108"},"modified":"2020-07-31T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:42:33","slug":"wimal-weerawansas-jathika-nidahas-peramuna-to-play-a-major-role-slfp-to-become-a-minor-party-basil-rajapakses-elevation-distinct-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/07\/31\/wimal-weerawansas-jathika-nidahas-peramuna-to-play-a-major-role-slfp-to-become-a-minor-party-basil-rajapakses-elevation-distinct-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"WIMAL WEERAWANSA\u2019S JATHIKA NIDAHAS PERAMUNA TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE-SLFP TO BECOME A MINOR PARTY-BASIL RAJAPAKSE\u2019s ELEVATION DISTINCT POSSIBILITY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">BY M D P DISSANAYAKE<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The\ncurrent trends in Sri Lanka politics are expected&nbsp; to change the status of\nestablished political parties relegated to distinct defeat whilst some of the\nminor parties emerging to be a fighting force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\noldest political party of Sri Lanka, UNP will lose its status as a major\nparty.&nbsp; Newly formed SJB&nbsp; will emerge as the second largest political\nforce in Sri Lanka, well short of gaining power in the House, but able to\nsecure the role of the Opposition Leader , a position previously held by the\nUNP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSLFP, which was a main political force in 1956 under Mr Bandaranaike&nbsp; has\nvirtually been destroyed by Chandrika Kumkaratunga&nbsp; and Maithreepala\nSirisena. It will enter the political wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\nJathika Nidahas Perramuna, pioneered by Minister Wimal Weeerawansa, is gaining\nmomentum at a faster speed<\/strong>.&nbsp; As the new Minister of\nIndustries,&nbsp; Wimal Weerawansa&nbsp; has become a very close associate of\nPresident&nbsp; and the Prime Minister.&nbsp; In his current role, <strong>he has\nmade an identifiable contribution by resurrecting defunct national\n&nbsp;ventures<\/strong>, such as Paper, Ceramics, Tiles, Batik, Handloom etc in a\nshort period. He continues to contribute to the national development agenda by\nembarking on new concepts, displaying enormous organising skills and the\nability to work with mixture of Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims, &nbsp;<strong>As a\nresult of his long term commitment as a nationalist leader, &nbsp;his political\nparty is likely to emerge ahead of SLFP, JVP and MEP&nbsp; at this election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nSLFP,JVP &nbsp;vote bank &nbsp;depleted, its leaders will become dead&nbsp;\nheroes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Once\nagain Basil Rajapakse will emerge victorious, as a living testimony for his\nability, paving way for future national leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY M D P DISSANAYAKE The current trends in Sri Lanka politics are expected&nbsp; to change the status of established political parties relegated to distinct defeat whilst some of the minor parties emerging to be a fighting force. The oldest political party of Sri Lanka, UNP will lose its status as a major party.&nbsp; Newly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dr-m-d-p-dissanayake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}