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This is a long thread, but worth it if you want insight into the #UNP's governance structure and what's going on in #SriLanka now.
In the late 2000s, I edited a report on inner-party democracy (citation at the bottom of the thread). Here's what stayed with me:
In the late 2000s, I edited a report on inner-party democracy (citation at the bottom of the thread). Here's what stayed with me:
At its founding in 1946, the UNP convention was vital. It comprised delegates elected by the members of branches which were the UNP’s basic units. The convention appointed the leader and secretary. The 16-chapter constitution adopted after 1977 is starkly different.
The membership lost the right to elect its leader. All major decisions were to be taken by the leader or committees appointed by him. It contains no provisions to remove an incumbent leader. And all members of the working committee today are the leader’s nominees.
