United National Front for Good Governance

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The symbol of the UNFGG is the party symbol of the UNP, a green elephant

The United National Front for Good Governance ( UNFGG , Sinhala එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ , Tamil நல்லாட்சிக்கான ஐக்கிய தேசிய முன்னணி , "United National Front for Good Government") is an alliance of parties founded on July 12, 2015 in Sri Lanka under the leadership of the United National Party .

history

The trigger for the establishment was the upcoming parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on August 17, 2015 . After the election date was announced at the end of July 2015, the UNP, one of the two major political parties in Sri Lanka (alongside the SLFP), declared that it wanted to fight an election campaign alone without a coalition partner. But then she changed her mind and started talks with smaller parties. On July 5, 2015, gave Sinhala - Buddhist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) their withdrawal from the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition, who had heard previously known. She announced that she would run for another political alliance in the upcoming elections. On July 10, 2015, theSri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) that he wants to support the UNP in the upcoming election. In the constituencies of Batticaloa and Trincomalee, UNP and SLMC entered the election campaign under a common election symbol, the tree. In the constituency of Vanni, the SLMC competed alone, and in the constituencies (districts) of Puttalam , Kalutara , Kurunegala , Kandy , Digamadulla (= Ampara district ) and Gampaha , the SLMC candidates competed under the UNP's election campaign symbols.

The new joint alliance was launched on July 12, 2015 in Temple Trees , the residence of the Prime Ministers in Colombo, with a joint statement by representatives of the United National Party (UNP), the JHU, and dissidents from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) under the Name United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) officially established. The Tamil Progressive Alliance , which was formed on July 3, 2015 through the merger of three small Tamil parties ( Democratic People's Front , Workers National Front , Up-Country People's Front ), also joined the UNFGG. The acting Prime Minister and UNP Chairman Ranil Wickremesinghe became the spokesman and chairman of the UNFGG .

On July 24, 2015, the UNFGG announced its election manifesto. The central points of the program are the stimulation of economic growth, the fight against corruption, the preservation and expansion of civil rights, investments in infrastructure and improvement of the education system. UNFGG spokesmen said one of the main goals of the alliance was to consolidate the 100-day revolution that began when President Sirisena took office on January 9, 2015. In the parliamentary election on August 17, 2015 , the UNFGG, which ran under the party symbols of the UNP, won 45.66 percent of the vote and 106 of 225 parliamentary seats and was thus able to form the government.

Composition of the UNFGG when it was founded

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Ramakrishnan: UNP to go it alone in parliamentary polls. The Hindu, June 20, 2015, accessed July 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ UNP approves United National Front for Good Governance. adaderana.lk, July 11, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2015 .
  3. ^ JHU to contest under a new front. adaderana.lk, July 5, 2015, accessed on July 22, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Lankesh Gooneratne: SLMC to go with UNP. (No longer available online.) Ceylon Today, July 11, 2015, archived from the original on July 14, 2015 ; accessed on July 24, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ceylontoday.lk
  5. ^ United National Front for Good Governance formed. onlanka.com, July 12, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015 .
  6. ^ A Broad Holy Alliance for Good Governance - Minus Maithripala Srisena. Asian Tribune, July 12, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015 .
  7. ^ 3 Tamil political parties form “Tamil Progressive Alliance”. (No longer available online.) TNLRN News Radio, June 6, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on July 24, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newsradio.lk
  8. ^ The United National Front for Good Governance released its election manifesto. Asian Tribune, July 24, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015 .
  9. ^ United National Front for Good Governance Election Policy Manifesto unveiled. newsfirst.lk, July 23, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2015 (English).