United National Front
The United National Front ( UNF , Sinhala එක්සත් ජාතික පෙරමුණ , Tamil ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி , "United National Front") was an alliance of parties in Sri Lanka , led by the United National Party (UNF), which existed from 2001 to about 2010th Politically, most of the UNF's parties belonged to the conservative-liberal spectrum, but there were also smaller interest parties among them.
history
The UNF was founded in the run-up to the 2001 parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka . The aim of the foundation was to pool the forces of the opposition parties under the leadership of the UNP against the government led by the People's Alliance .
At the time of its establishment, the UNF consisted of the following parties:
- United National Party (UNP)
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) - a party of the Muslim minority
- Ceylon Workers 'Congress (CWC) - a workers' party mainly of Tamil plantation workers
- Up-Country People's Front (UCPF) - a party of the mountainous Tamils .
In the 2001 parliamentary election, the UNF was able to record significant gains in votes and mandates, and its top candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe became Prime Minister. However, the UNF just missed an absolute majority. In 2004 there were early elections , which were won by the newly formed left-wing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), which also subsequently provided the government. The 2005 and 2010 presidential elections were also won by the UPFA candidate, Mahinda Rajapaksa . The 2010 parliamentary election was also lost for the UNF. During these years, some founding parties left the UNF and joined the UPFA, such as the CWC and the UCPF on August 25, 2006 and the SLMC on November 22, 2010 after the 2010 general election. The UNF had practically dissolved. However, there was no formal resolution to dissolve.
The successor to the UNF is the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) , which was founded shortly before the 2015 general election under the leadership of the UNP .
Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Ratnayake: Rightwing UNP wins general election in Sri Lanka. World Socialist website, December 14, 2001, accessed August 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Four years of victorious march! - Special supplement to mark four years of Rajapaksa Presidency. nation.lk, 2009, accessed August 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Let's get together to solve key issues - DM Jayaratne. (No longer available online.) The Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), 2006, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ SLMC officially crosses over to government. TamilNet, November 22, 2010, accessed August 12, 2015 .
