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Politics of Sri Lanka
Politics of Sri Lanka
takes place in a framework of a
presidential
representative democratic
republic
, whereby the
President of Sri Lanka
is both
head of state
and
head of government
, and of a
multi-party system
.
Executive power
is exercised by the government.
Legislative power
is vested in both the government and parliament. For decades, the party system has been dominated by the socialist
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
and the conservative
United National Party
. The
Judiciary
is independent of the executive and the legislature. The Politics of Sri Lanka reflect the historical and political differences between the three main ethnic groups, the majority
Sinhala
and the minorities
Tamils
and
Muslims
, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island.
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