SLFP’s 63rd Anniversary today
September 2, 2014 11:14 am
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party celebrates its 63rd anniversary at the Winston Dias stadium in Badulla, today (2).
The anniversary celebrations will be held under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. SLFP is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in government on a number of occasions. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is currently a part of the UPFA (United People’s Freedom Alliance), the current ruling party of Sri Lanka.
After President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s term ended, the SLFP chose Mahinda Rajapaksa as its candidate to contest the 2005 Presidential elections, which he subsequently won and Mahinda Rajapaksa remains president to this day.
