Sri Lanka’s ruling NPP secures a strong parliamentary majority to enforce IMF dictates: Build the SEP to fight the cuts!

Statement of the Socialist Lead of Sri Lanka and South Asia (SLLA), the Revolutionary Left Faction (RLF) of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s general election concluded with a landslide victory for the ruling National People’s Power (NPP), which secured more than a two-thirds majority in Parliament. The NPP is a coalition consisting of the anti-Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the party of the Executive President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected in the September elections. The result highlights the centripetal power of the executive presidency, which has been central to Sri Lanka’s capitalist rule since the adoption of the 1978 Constitution. President Anura Kamara Dissanayake (second from the right) stands with other leaders of NPP at an election rally on November 11, 2024 at Gampaha. Courtesy: X profile of Dissanayake. Over six million people have opted to vote for the NPP, which is what they viewed as the most pragmatic choice within the c...