Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 August 1994. They marked the decisive end of seventeen years of United National Party rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga As The President of Sri Lanka
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri
1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
…opposition parties, severely muzzled the media, and routinely used death squads, torture, and kidnappings in the two civil conflicts against the LTTE and JVP. The UNP had simply cancelled the 1983 parliamentary elections; its control of the media led it to victory in the 1988 and 1989 elections. The population…
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leadership at May Day Celebration in Colombo in 1999
Trees felled across streets by the JVP as a disturbance to government supply
A banner set up for May Day celebrations
A pro-democracy protest by the JVP