NPP winning elections yet losing political mileage

June 16, 2025 – June 22, 2025 | Vol.15, #23 | ISSN 3084-9330 Events: June 13: The NPP secured the chairpersonship of the Medawachchiya Pradeshiya Sabha after reportedly forming a coalition with the SLPP.[1][2]June 16: NPP’s Vraîe Cally Balthazaar was elected as Colombo's mayor during the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) inaugural session, with 61 votes as against 54 secured by the opposition candidate Riza Zarook.[3][4]June 17: The President of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) Senthil Thondaman claimed that the NPP has supported the CWC in securing…