COI Report March 2012 - UK Border Agency - Home Office
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7 MARCH <strong>2012</strong> SRI LANKA<br />
the UNP won no local authorities but it did win the key Colombo Municipal Council, polling 43<br />
per cent of the votes…Since the 1994 election of the centre-left Peoples' Alliance, the UNP's<br />
share of the key Buddhist vote has dropped to 20 per cent.‖ (Jane‘s Sentinel Country Risk<br />
Assessments, Country <strong>Report</strong>, Sri Lanka, accessed on 3 February <strong>2012</strong>, Political Leadership,<br />
20 December 2011) 582<br />
United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA)/People’s Alliance http://www.sandanaya.lk/<br />
Founded in 2004. Leader Mahinda Rajapakse. (Europa World online, Sri Lanka 583 )<br />
―The UPFA is the coalition holding the single largest share of seats within the Sri Lankan<br />
parliament… However, the composition of the government benches of parliament has<br />
undergone significant changes in the three years since the elections. The two most important<br />
movements have been the departure of the second largest constituent, the Janatha Vimukthi<br />
Peramuna (JVP) by early 2007, and the arrival of new members who had defected from the<br />
opposition UNP.‖ (Jane‘s Sentinel, Country Risk Assessments, Country <strong>Report</strong>, Sri Lanka,<br />
accessed on 3 February <strong>2012</strong>, Internal Affairs, 17 January <strong>2012</strong>) 584<br />
It won the general election of April 2010 with 144 seats. (Official website of the Department of<br />
Elections, Parliamentary General Election – 2010, Composition of Parliament 585 , accessed on 2<br />
June 2010)<br />
The main text of this <strong>COI</strong> <strong>Report</strong> contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 3 February <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section<br />
to 2 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
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582 Jane’s Sentinel Country Risk Assessments, Country <strong>Report</strong>, Sri Lanka,<br />
http://sentinel.janes.com/docs/sentinel/SASS_country.jsp?Prod_Name=SASS&Sent_Country=Sri%20La<br />
nka& [subscription only] accessed 3 February <strong>2012</strong>, Political leadership, 20 December 2011<br />
583 Europa World online, Sri Lanka, Political organisations, undated<br />
http://www.europaworld.com/entry/lk.dir.104 [subscription only, date accessed 1 June 2011<br />
584 Jane’s Sentinel Country Risk Assessments, Country <strong>Report</strong>, Sri Lanka,<br />
http://sentinel.janes.com/docs/sentinel/SASS_country.jsp?Prod_Name=SASS&Sent_Country=Sri%20La<br />
nka& [subscription only] accessed on 3 February <strong>2012</strong>, Internal Affairs, 17 January <strong>2012</strong><br />
585 Sri Lanka Department of Elections, Result of Parliamentary General Election April 2010,<br />
http://www.slelections.gov.lk/parliamentary_elections/AICOM.html, date accessed 2 June 2010<br />
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