Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party

The Sri Lanka Sama Samaja Party (SLSSP) was formed in 1982, when the LSSP split over the question of a coalition with the

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

(SLFP). Anil Moonesinghe, the leader of the party, charged that the LSSP had been taken over by the 'Bolshevik-Leninist' Bolshevik Samasamaja Party faction and held that the SLSSP represented the true Sama Samajist tradition. Among the other leaders were Cholomondely Goonewardena, G.E.H. Perera,

Wilfred Senanayake Wilfred Senanayake (10 November 1918 — 26 May 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as member of Parliament for Homagama. Biography He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and later, unbeknownst to his parents, joined the army. H ...

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Percy Wickremasekera Percy Wickremasekera is Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and trade unionist. He was the General Secretary of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union and a member of the Politburo of the LSSP. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at the Col ...

. Scuffles broke out between the LSSP and the SLSSP at the joint May Day procession that year. The SLSSP co-operated with the Sirimavo Bandaranaike wing of the SLFP, whereas the LSSP wished to work with the faction led by

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Anura Bandaranaike Anura Priyadarshi Solomon Dias Bandaranaike (15 February 1949 – 16 March 2008) was a Sri Lankan politician, served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet min ...

, which had split off. The SLSSP worked with Vijaya Kumaratunga and

T. B. Ilangaratne Navaratne Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanselage Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne (27 February 1913 – 21 May 1992), popularly as T. B. Ilangaratne, was a Sri Lankan politician, author, dramatist, and theater actor. He was a Member of Parliament for K ...

in Hector Kobbekaduwa's presidential election campaign in 1982. The party dissolved in 1983 and entered the SLFP. {{Authority control 1982 establishments in Sri Lanka 1983 disestablishments in Sri Lanka Communist parties in Sri Lanka Defunct political parties in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1982 Political parties disestablished in 1983 Political parties in Sri Lanka Trotskyist organisations in Sri Lanka