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Liberal Academy for Political Leadership (LAPL) conducts workshop for newly elected parliamentarians

FNF partner, the Liberal Academy for Political Leadership (LAPL) was the first organization that conducted a workshop for the newly elected Members of Parliament. The participants comprised of MPs from the United National Party (UNP) and the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) as well as members of provincial councils.

The programme commenced with an introduction of FNF, its principles, objectives and work in Sri Lanka by Country Representative, Sagarica Delgoda. The programme included a session on “Liberalism in practice – let freedom rule your life” conducted by the Head of the Social Indicator, Mr. Pradeep Peiris, another on “How to utilize Free market principles to take Sri Lanka’s economy forward” by the lead Economic of LIRNE Asia, Dr. Harsha de Silva, the third by Dr. Rohan Edrisinha, Senior Lecture, Faculty of Law, on “Rule of Law & Good Governance – make them instruments of your success” and introduction of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC) by Rukshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law of the Transparency International.

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