JVP breakaway group, forms new party

The breakaway Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) group formed a new political party at a meeting in Biyagama, a JVP spokesman said.

The members of the Central Committee and the Politbureau of the new party have been elected, he said.

The spokesman said that no groups can operate in a Bolshevik party such as the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. There had been attempts from 1966 to form group in the party against the leadership but they eventually ended up in new political parties, he said.

The JVP will not align itself with any political party as decided on by the Central Committee and Politbureau last year, he said.