📈 Political Analysis: JVP-NPP Facing Grassroots Erosion & Policy Critique

A political commentary highlights key shifts in Sri Lanka's landscape: • The recent daylight assassination of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairperson (SJB) is framed as a political contract killing, not an 'inter-gang' incident, linking it to historic JVP political violence. • The ruling AKD/NPP government is strongly critiqued as the 'Ruling Right', due to its adherence to IMF austerity measures, 'sellout' to private foreign creditors on debt repayment, and asset giveaways to foreign corporates. • Evidence of a 'slipping' grassroots base is cited from recent Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society (MPCS) elections, where NPP-backed groups suffered defeats (losing 9 out of 14 key contests) in traditional left-leaning areas amid inflation and cost of living pressures. • Sri Lanka's political right is described as 'three-headed': the ruling NPP, the Economic Right (SJB/UNP), and the Ethnoreligious Right (SLPP). • The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP-PSA) is identified as the genuine 'Next Left' party, combining patriotic national liberation themes with multiethnic struggle, positioning itself as the main opposition to future SJB or SLPP governments. • Concerns are raised over the government promoting tax-breaks for the superrich while reducing funding for public education.