Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna is a major Sri Lankan political party known for its populist, nationalist platform and close association with the Rajapaksa family.

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan political party
political party
alliedWith Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance
associatedWith Basil Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Rajapaksa family
chairman G. L. Peiris
color maroon
contestedFirstLocalElections 2018
country Sri Lanka
focusesOn majoritarian politics
national security
strong executive presidency
founded 2016
foundedBy Basil Rajapaksa
generalSecretary Sagara Kariyawasam
governedCountry Sri Lanka
headquartersCountry Sri Lanka
headquartersLocation Battaramulla
heldOffice President of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
ideology Sinhalese nationalism
national conservatism
populism
leader Mahinda Rajapaksa
notableEvent role in Sri Lankan economic crisis of early 2020s
opposedBy Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Samagi Jana Balawegaya
United National Party
originatedFrom Sri Lanka Freedom Party
participatedIn Sri Lankan constitutional politics
politicalPosition right-wing
right-wing populist
registeredAsPoliticalParty 2016
securedParliamentaryMajority 2020
shortName SLPP
splitFrom Sri Lanka Freedom Party
supportBase Sinhalese Buddhist majority
supportedCandidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa
symbol lotus bud
usesLanguage English
Sinhala
Tamil
wonLocalGovernmentElections 2018 Sri Lankan local elections
wonParliamentaryElection 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
wonPresidentialElection 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election

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Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasMajorRival Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Mahinda Rajapaksa memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Mahinda Rajapaksa parliamentaryGroup Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Nimal Siripala de Silva memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Samagi Jana Balawegaya opposes Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
G. L. Peiris memberOfPoliticalParty Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Basil Rajapaksa politicalParty Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna