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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 20529034" data-attributes="member: 79514"><a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1755545" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1755545</a>The UNP:The United National Party was launched on the 6th of September 1946. D S  Senanayake was its first leader and became the country’s first prime  minister in 1947. Ironically, the 1947 election campaign pledged to  remain as a dominion under the UK while also protecting the traditional  way of life and Buddhism. Senanayake’s polices were pro-West,  anti-Communist foreign policy. UNP was known for its stand against the  majority Sinhala Buddhists and its pro-Catholic policies. UNP was also  accused of being party to the 1962 army Christian-coup.The present UNP is today a member of the pro-Christian centre-right  polices of the International Democratic Union (IDU) of which the present  leader and PM was elected the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Democrat  Union and IDU Vice Chairman (ex officio) since 2005</blockquote>

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