Parliamentary election result represents electoral mandate of ‘Aragalaya’ – Manjula Gajanayake

Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake said that the result achieved in Thursday’s Parliamentary Election represents the electoral mandate of the March 2022 youth uprising known as the ‘Aragalaya’.

The election monitor said that this was the first time that a single political party won a two thirds majority in Parliament after the preferential electoral system was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1989. He said that it was a hard task to win a two thirds majority under the preferential system.

Gajanayake said that it was his view that the people gave the NPP this overwhelming mandate because the NPP had not taken in any political crossovers. He added that the NPP policy was greatly praised by all Sri Lankans irrespective of caste, creed and ethnicity and showed their appreciation through their franchise on November 14. He said that the NPP was the first party to win the confidence of voters in the North, South, East and West of the country.

The IRES chief said that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake should introduce the constitutional reforms which are long overdue and much looked forward to by the masses.

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