National People's Movement (Sri Lanka) Explained
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
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
Notes and References
- Web site: United Professionals' Movement. 2017-06-08. United Professionals' Movement. 2019-10-02.
- Web site: A National Movement for good government emerges in Sri Lanka. AsiaNews.it. www.asianews.it. 2019-10-01.
- Web site: NPM presidential candidate Mahesh Senanayake. www.dailymirror.lk. English. 2019-10-01.
- Web site: Sunday Times - In Pictures : NPM launches National Policy Platform. www.sundaytimes.lk. en. 2019-10-01.
