Siritunga Jayasuriya Explained

Siritunga Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician, trade unionist and current leader of the United Socialist Party. He was formerly a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and later the Nava Sama Samaja Party.

Jayasuriya is a perennial candidate in Sri Lankan presidential elections, running for president in every election from 2005 to 2024.[1] In 2005, he won 35,405 votes, 0.36% of the votes cast and came third.[2] This would be his best performance at a presidential election and has never been able to win more than 10,000 votes in an election since.

In early 2007, Siritunga narrowly escaped a raid by 300 armed thugs at a place where an anti-war rally against the Sri Lankan Civil War was due to take place.[3] [4]

References

  1. News: 15 August 2024 . Who's Running For President? Final List Of Those Who Placed Bonds . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815234717/https://www.newsfirst.lk/2024/08/15/who-s-running-for-president-final-list-of-those-who-placed-bonds . 15 August 2024 . 16 August 2024 . . Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091209230147/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/2005%20Presidantial-Summary.pdf 2005 Presidential Summary, Department of Elections website
  3. http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2007/01/09srilanka.html 'Murderous raid on Anti-War Rally in Colombo', Committee for a Workers' International website
  4. http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2007/01/15srilanka.html 'Government blamed for violent attack on anti-war rally organisers', Committee for a Workers' International website

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