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National People's Movement (Sri Lanka)

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National People's Movement
Formation2018 December 18
Typenon-governmental organization
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
LeaderVinya Ariyaratne
Websitewww.npm.lk

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]

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

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National 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

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References

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  1. ^ "United Professionals' Movement". United Professionals' Movement. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ AsiaNews.it. "A National Movement for good government emerges in Sri Lanka". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "NPM presidential candidate Mahesh Senanayake". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ "Sunday Times - In Pictures : NPM launches National Policy Platform". www.sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2019-10-01.