A Golden Opportunity for National Unity and Reconciliation for the NPP Government. News Whisperer : 2025.06.28 The recent presidential and parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka have created a rare and historic opportunity for the National People's Power (NPP) government to lay the foundations for true national unity and reconciliation. In the presidential election held in September 2024, the people of the Northern, Eastern, and Hill Country regions expressed , albeit implicitly , their aspiration to live as one Sri Lankan nation under a unified leadership. This message was unequivocally reinforced in the parliamentary elections held in November 2024, when voters in these regions rejected the traditionally ethnic-based Tamil and Muslim political leaderships and instead elected representatives from the NPP. However, the inability of the NPP leadership to fully recognize and embrace this political mandate and aspiration led to a significant setback in the local governmen...