Jathika Nidahas Peramuna

National Freedom Front Jathika Nidahas Peramuna
Sinhala name	ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ
Leader	Wimal Weerawansa
Founder	Wimal Weerawansa
Founded	2008
Split from	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Headquarters	21/1 Asoka Mawatha, Jayanthipura, Battaramulla
National affiliation	United People's Freedom Alliance
Parliament of Sri Lanka	3 / 225
Website
jnpsrilanka.com
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

The Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) or National Freedom Front (NFF) is a political party in Sri Lanka was formed by the ten JVP parliamentarians led by Wimal Weerawansa, the breakaway group of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP, started their political activities on May 14, 2008. The party also achieved a historical milestone for the first time in country's history, a political party launched their official Web site (www.nffsrilanka.com) on the same date the political activities started.^[1]

History

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or JVP a Marxist political party in Sri Lanka was formed in 1965 by a breakaway group of Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CP) led by Rohana Wijeweera. JVP also involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 (SLFP) and 1987-89 (UNP). After 1989 JVP entered into the democratic politics by participating the 1994 Parliamentary general election.

Due to misconduct and various other charges against Wimal Weerawansa the party leadership decided to suspend and expelled the membership of Wimal Weerawansa from March 21, 2008. As in the media reports Weerawansa had an argument with the leadership based on the disarmament of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) political party which contesting in the country's Eastern provincial council elections May 2008 under the banner of ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA).^{[2] [3]}

Piyasiri Wijenayake the JVP MP, accused opposition party UNP for conspirating against JVP, told at a media conference held at Nippon hotel Colombo on April 08, 2008. He added Ravi Karunanayake, a UNP MP who held a meeting with senior JVP leaders at his home as the main conspirator.^[4] Also Piyasiri Wijenayake told BBC, the official vehicles of himself and Achala Suranga Jagodage another dissident JVP MP, forcefully removed by the group led by Jayantha Wijesekara a JVP Trincomalee district MP.^[5]

The dissident Wimal Weerawansa group visited the most senior Buddhist monks of Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters on April 20, 2008 to get the blessings for their new political movement. Weerawansa again accused the UNP Kotte leader for the conspiracy against the JVP.^[6]

The party started the activities on May 14, 2008 the same day in 1965 Rohana Wijeweera formed the JVP and also the day marked for Sri Lankan that the LTTE killed 146 pilgrims at Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in 1985 and the party leaders who addressed the inaugural ceremony at BMICH Colombo said, the new political party is an alternative to two main political parties UNP and SLFP but not for the JVP.^[7]

Further reading

• Nettha Wenuwata Ettha by Wimal Weerawansa^[8]
• SRI LANKA - A LOST REVOLUTION? The Inside Story of the JVP by Rohan Gunaratna^[9]
• Insurgency – 1971 : An Account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka by Justice A.C. Alles^[10]

See also

• Wimal Weerawansa
• Rohana Wijeweera
• Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
• 1971 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
• 1987-89 JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka)
• Communist Party of Sri Lanka

References

1. ^ "JNP 'alternative' to main parties". BBC News. 14 May 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/05/080514_jnp_weerawansa.shtml. 
2. ^ "JVP 'suspends' Weerawansa". BBC News. 04 April, 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/04/080404_jvp_weerawansa.shtml. 
3. ^ "JVP splits in two". BBC News. 08 April, 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/04/080408_jvp_split.shtml. 
4. ^ "Wimal the conspirator - JVP". BBC News. 09 April, 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/04/080409_wimal_lal_kantha.shtml. 
5. ^ "JVP legislators' vehicles 'stolen'". BBC News. 09 April 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/04/080409_mps_vehicles.shtml. 
6. ^ "Prelate urges JVP unity". BBC News. 20 April 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/04/080420_wimal_kandy.shtml. 
7. ^ "EU pressuring govt -JNP". BBC News. 08 September 2008. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2008/09/080924_euwimal.shtml. 
8. ^ Publisher: "Nidahase Niyamuwo", Published : (June 23, 2008), Language: Sinhala, ISBN 978-955-1963-00-1>
9. ^ <Publisher: Institute of Fundamental Studies (1990) Language: English ISBN 9552600049 ISBN 978-9552600043>
10. ^ <Publisher : The Colombo Apothecaries' Co. Colombo, Year 1979, Third printing>

External links

• Official Web site of the party (JNP)
• Official web site of JVP