Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය
ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு
AbbreviationSLPFA
LeaderMahinda Rajapaksa[1]
ChairpersonMaithripala Sirisena[1]
General SecretaryBasil Rajapaksa[1]
Founded31 October 2019 (2019-10-31)
Dissolved5 April 2022 (2022-04-05)
Preceded byUnited People's Freedom Alliance
Succeeded byFreedom People's Alliance (Anti-Rajapaksa faction)
IdeologyBig tent
Factions:
Social democracy[2][3]
Socialism
Communism
Sinhalese nationalism[4]
Anti-federalism[5]
Anti-imperialism[6]
Political positionBig tent
Factions:
Centre-left to far-left
Parliament
109 / 225
Website
podujanasandanaya.org
podujanaalliance.org

The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated SLPFA; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පොදුජන සන්ධානය, romanized: Śrī Laṃkā Nidahas Podujana Sandhānaya; Tamil: ஶ்ரீ லங்கா பொதுஜன சுதந்திர கூட்டமைப்பு, romanized: Śrī laṅkā Potujaṉa Cutantira Kūṭṭamaippu) was a political alliance led by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna formed in 2019. Initially, the alliance consisted of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and fifteen smaller parties.

Since 5 April 2022, the alliance has been functionally dissolved, after many of the SLPP's former allies left the SLFPA to join the opposition amidst the 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis and 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis.

History

On 31 October, 2019, seventeen parties including the SLPP and SLFP signed an agreement at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo to form the Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance.[7][8] The seventeen parties included:[9][10]

  1. Ceylon Workers' Congress[lower-alpha 1]
  2. Communist Party of Sri Lanka[lower-alpha 1]
  3. Democratic Left Front[lower-alpha 1]
  4. Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya
  5. Eelam People's Democratic Party
  6. Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-alpha 1]
  7. Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
  8. Mutpokkuth Tamilar Kachchi
  9. National Congress[lower-alpha 1]
  10. National Freedom Front[lower-alpha 1]
  11. Pivithuru Hela Urumaya[lower-alpha 1]
  12. Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-alpha 1]
  13. Sri Lanka People's Party[lower-alpha 1]
  14. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
  15. Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal
  16. United People’s Party[lower-alpha 1]
  17. Vijaya Dharani Jathika Sabawa

The alliance supported SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 presidential election.[11][12] It had planned to contest the 2020 parliamentary election under the chair symbol, the symbol of a previous SLFP-led alliance, the People's Alliance.[13][14] However, in February 2020 the alliance chose to contest the election under the flower bud symbol of the SLPP.[15][16]

On 5 April 2022, amidst the 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis and 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis, many of the SLPP's former allies left the SLFPA to join the opposition.

Electoral history

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