National People's Movement (Sri Lanka)

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]

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

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
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References
  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.
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