Frontline Socialist Party

Frontline Socialist Party
පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය
முன்னிலை சொஷலிசக் கட்சி
AbbreviationFSP
Secretary-GeneralPremakumar Gunaratnam
Founded9 April 2012 (2012-04-09)
Split fromJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna
HeadquartersNo 24 Melder Pl, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka[1]
Newspaperවම ("Vama". Meaning "Left"[2]
Student wingRevolutionary Student Union[3]
Youth wingYouth For CHEnge[4]
Women's wingFree Women[5]
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Colors  Red
  Yellow
Election symbol
Sledgehammer
Website
www.frontlinesp.org

The Frontline Socialist Party (abbrv. FSP; Sinhala: පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය, romanized: Peraṭugāmī Samājavādī Pakṣaya; Tamil: முன்னிலை சொஷலிசக் கட்சி, romanized: Muṉṉilai Coṣalicak Kaṭci) is a communist party in Sri Lanka.[6] It was launched on 9 April 2012 by dissident members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.[7][8][9]

Stalwarts of the party claim that they are part of an attempt to revive the socialist struggle in Sri Lanka. The secretary-general of the party is Premakumar Gunaratnam.

  1. ^ "Address".
  2. ^ "News Paper". Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. ^ "Student Wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  4. ^ "Youth Wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  5. ^ "Women's wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  6. ^ "List of recognized political parties" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
  7. ^ Hughes, Dhana (2013). Violence, Torture and Memory in Sri Lanka: Life After Terror. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1135038151.
  8. ^ "Frontline socialist party launched without Gunaratnam". Sri Lanka Guardian. 9 April 2012.
  9. ^ Perera, Yohan (9 April 2012). "FSP to revive socialism in Sri Lanka". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).

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