Siritunga Jayasuriya

Siritunga Jayasuriya

Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.4 % of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party. He was formerly a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and later the Nava Sama Samaja Party.

In early 2007, Siritunga narowly escaped a raid by 300 armed thugs at a place where a rally against civil war in Sri Lanka was due to take place. [ [http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2007/01/09srilanka.html Murderous raid on Anti-War Rally in Colombo] - retrieved 14/08/07] [ [http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2007/01/15srilanka.html Government blamed for violent attack on anti-war rally organisers] - retrieved 14/08/07]

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