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Know Before You Vote

Change? Let’s start from the Cabinet

29 Jul 2020 - 7     - 3968

Regardless of the outcome, within the Executive arm of government, the Cabinet of Ministers sits at the very top. As such, it plays a critical role in ensuring that the government functions efficiently and effectively.

Discrimination means we live in a bad society - Chandima Wijegunawardena

23 Jul 2020 - 6     - 1685

Chandima Wijegunawardena is a Colombo district contestant from the United National Party

Women should stand together to win reproductive rights - Nirupa Serasingha

23 Jul 2020 - 4     - 2573

Nirupa Serasingha is a Colombo district contestant from National People’s Power

Tamil and Sinhala people decided to end war, not MR or Gota - Janagan Vinayagamoorthy

23 Jul 2020 - 10     - 4003

Janagan Vinayagamoorthy is a Colombo district contestant from Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Free services can be taken for granted - Himaya Niyas

16 Jul 2020 - 10     - 5721

Himaya Niyas is a Colombo district candidate representing Independent Group 10. She is an active social worker and an entrepreneur in the beauty industry, who also trains youth through an entrepreneurship training programme at the Maharagama Urban Council.

Cyber bullying prevents women from public positions - Harini Amarasuriya

16 Jul 2020 - 3     - 2241

Harini Amarasuriya is a national list nominee of the National People’s Power (NPP). A renowned academic, she began her activism in 2011 with the Federation of University Teachers Association and has been a vocal supporter of the NPP.

Women are treated as second-class citizens - Hirunika Premachandra

16 Jul 2020 - 17     - 4137

Hirunika Premachandra topped the list with the highest numbers of votes in the Colombo District at the 2014 Western Provincial Council Election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. In the 2015 General election, she joined the United National Party list in Colombo and was elected to parliament.

People should accept me for who I am - Jeevan Thondaman

16 Jul 2020 - 32     - 6034

Jeevan Thondaman (25) was nominated to be the Nuwara Eliya District candidate at the upcoming General Election after his father, Arumugan Thondaman, leader of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), suddenly passed away at the age of 56.

Protecting environment shouldn’t be a trend - Namal Rajapaksa

08 Jul 2020 - 13     - 3320

Contested the 2010 parliamentary election as a United People’s Freedom Alliance’s candidate from the Hambantota District and was elected to Parliament.

We’re worse than Ethiopia - Udara Rathnayake

08 Jul 2020 - 23     - 5100

Started his political career in 2013. Elected as a Western Provincial Council Member in 2014.

Big No to the MCC - Anura Kumara

08 Jul 2020 - 8     - 2127

Career politician since 1988, Dissanayaka held the position of National Organiser of the Socialist Students’ Association and later appointed to the Central Working....

Educated youth must not leave country - Harshana Rajakaruna

08 Jul 2020 - 12     - 2355

Contested the 2009 provincial council election and was elected to the Western Provincial Council. Elected to parliament in 2015.

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