June 16, 2025 – June 22, 2025 | Vol.15, #23 | ISSN 3084-9330
Events: June 13: The NPP secured the chairpersonship of the Medawachchiya Pradeshiya Sabha after reportedly forming a coalition with the SLPP.[1][2]
June 16: NPP’s Vraîe Cally Balthazaar was elected as Colombo’s mayor during the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) inaugural session, with 61 votes as against 54 secured by the opposition candidate Riza Zarook.[3][4]
June 17: The President of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) Senthil Thondaman claimed that the NPP has supported the CWC in securing the pradeshiya sabhas in Kotagala and Agarapathana and that the CWC will support the NPP in forming administrations in other hung councils in the Nuwara Eliya District.[5][6]
June 20: ITAK MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam alleged that the NPP assisted the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP), led by the notorious former MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (alias Pillayan), in gaining control of the Vakarai Pradeshiya Sabha.[7][8] The NPP also secured the chairpersonship of the Galle Municipal Council after reportedly gaining the votes of the SLPP members.[9][10]
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