{"id":94579,"date":"2019-10-31T14:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=94579"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:56:47","slug":"17-political-parties-unified-for-common-purpose-gotabaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/10\/31\/17-political-parties-unified-for-common-purpose-gotabaya\/","title":{"rendered":"17 political parties unified for common purpose &#8211; Gotabaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The presidential candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said the political parties that signed the agreement to form a new coalition today (31) unified for a common purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The members of these 17 political parties who love the country have formed the biggest ever alliance in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa said further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An accord was inked this morning (31) at The Foundation Institute with the auspices of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, SLPP chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris and the members of other political parties of this alliance, which is named \u2018Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Sandhanaya\u2019 (Sri Lanka Freedom People\u2019s Alliance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dc1\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dd3 \u0dbd\u0d82\u0d9a\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dca \u0db4\u0ddc\u0daf\u0dd4\u0da2\u0db1 \u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dd4\u0db8\u0da7 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca \u0dad\u0db6\u0dba\u0dd2...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fHg1gWZ2AjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SLPP\u2019s presidential hopeful said he intends to contest for the upcoming elections under this new coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajapaksa added that, if elected, he expects the utmost support from all the parties of this political coalition to fulfil the hopes of people within his tenure as the president the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rajapaksa confidently said that they are already leading the presidential election race with 56 percent of votes, which is the total of the votes obtained by these 17 political parties at the previous elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The political parties that had inked the accord for the \u2018Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Peramuna\u2019 are as follows:<br>1.Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna<br>2.Sri Lanka Freedom Party<br>3.Communist Party of Sri Lanka<br>4.National Freedom Front<br>5.People\u2019s United Front (Mahajana Eksath Peramuna)<br>6.Lanka Sama Samaja Party<br>7.Democratic Left Front<br>8.Pivithuru Hela Urumaya<br>9.Eelam People\u2019s Democratic Party (EPDP)<br>10.Ceylon Workers\u2019 Congress<br>11.Vijayadharani Jathika Sabha<br>12.National Congress<br>13.Sri Lanka Mahajana Party<br>14.Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party&nbsp;<br>15.Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulika (TMVP)<br>16.Eksath Mahajana Pakshaya<br>17.Mutpokut Tamil Kachchi (MTK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The presidential candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said the political parties that signed the agreement to form a new coalition today (31) unified for a common purpose. The members of these 17 political parties who love the country have formed the biggest ever alliance in Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa said further. 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