GGY - Good Governance Yaya

Day 316 at GGY: Today, we're back on the streets to remind voters of their duty to elect leaders who embody integrity, accountability, and system change. Sri Lanka deserves representatives who act in good faith and stay true to their promises. 1. #CitizenActivists #SriLanka

One year ago, I lamented the death of children in Gaza. A whole year has passed... and things are no better. Just more dead children and a devastated Gaza. People commemorate the Nakba, and it just reinforces something deeply depressing about humanity which is that we never seem to learn from history. We say "never again" and then watch it happen again in real time while arguing over semantics. What hurts most is how quickly people become numb to the suffering of others when it is politically inconvenient. The world saw all of this and carried on anyway. #Nakba #GazaGenocide‌ #FreePalestine

@Dailymirror_SL This is all they have. Hate and division. #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough #srilanka

@rangaba @PresRajapaksa @flysrilankan This guy attacked GGG on May 9th but still walks free. Around 3000 people were arrested and still face charges for various acts on that day but apparently not this guy or many who instigated that attack. #SriLanka

2 things can be true at once. So does that mean one cancels out the other? No. Equal application of the law means anyone (saviour or not) has to answer for their crimes/corruption. #SriLanka #AccountabilityProjectLK #EnoughIsEnough

I visited the Aragalaya commemoration that took place over the weekend. Sad that I couldn’t go with the rest of my @GoodGovYaya group, but I am glad I managed to make it. Seeing the GGY board there, our little lion, photographs, memories... alongside the wider story of the Aragalaya was poignant and emotional. People have spent years trying to minimize it, malign it, rewrite it, or reduce it to chaos and inconvenience and try to make it seen like some ridiculous foreign backed conspiracy. But this was not nothing. This was a unique moment in history where ordinary people rose up against arguably the most powerful Executive Presidency this country has ever seen and forced political change. It was not without tragedy either. Ten people lost their lives that day. Three families were compensated — the MP and two police officers. Seven others from the Aragalaya side received nothing. Those who lost homes and property compensated themselves, some fraudulently. Nearly 3,000 people still face cases and charges linked to that period, many for things that seem mundane, disproportionate. Resolving that would require political courage and a conscious national decision. But despite all of that, the Aragalaya was also one of the most unifying and beautiful moments Sri Lanka has seen in my lifetime. I am proud that GGY carried on as long as we did... in many ways as a tribute act to what emerged at Galle Face. Proud that we kept speaking, questioning, pushing, and hopefully reaching a few minds along the way. What disappoints me is that this government, more than any other political force, benefited from the political consciousness and mindset shift that the Aragalaya created. They went from being a 3% party to holding a two-thirds majority because the country fundamentally changed during that period but there is no viable effort from them to meaningfully join this effort to commemorate this event. Which is why I genuinely hope that one day this will be officially recognized as a national moment of democratic awakening and commemoration... not erased, not politically sanitized, but acknowledged for what it truly was. #SriLanka #ApiAragale #SystemChangeLK #AccountabilityProjectLK

Few of the warriors at @GoodGovYaya

Memories of a People's Struggle "ARAGALAYA " 📅 On 09th and 10th of May 2026 🕖 From 9.30am to 5.30 pm 📌️ at JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07 #GallefaceMuseum #Aragalaya #History #PeoplesProtests

மக்கள் போராட்டத்தின் நினைவுகள் 📅 2026 மே மாதம் 09 மற்றும் 10ஆம் திகதிகளில் காலை 🕖 9.30 முதல் மாலை 5.30 வரை கொழும்பு 📌️ JDA Perera கலைக்கூடத்தில் நடைபெறும #GallefaceMuseum #Aragalaya #History #PeoplesProtests

ජනතා අරගලයක මතක සටහන් 📅 2026 මැයි 09 සහ 10 🕖 පෙ.ව 9.30 සිට ප.ව. 5.30දක්වා 📌️ කොළඹ JDA පෙරේරා කලාගාරයේදී...... #GallefaceMuseum #Aragalaya #History #PeoplesProtests

Very proud to have stood with @GoodGovYaya and everything we accomplished together. The mission though is far from over. Day 318 was the last time the group stood on our street corner and we reminded everyone of our demands as you can see in the tweet below. This is also why it's nowhere near mission accomplished. Aragalaya and groups like us stood on principle not for one party or other. Until those goals are achieved, we will keep reminding whoever is in power of thier duty to the people of this country. #SriLanka #ApiAragale #SystemChangeLK x.com/i/status/18558…

Memories of a People's Struggle 📅 On 09th and 10th of May 2026 🕖 From 9.30am to 5.30 pm 📌️ at JDA Perera Gallery, Colombo 07 The "Memories of a People’s Struggle" exhibition, organized to preserve the true events, memories, and core values of the 2022 Aragalaya.

Timely reminder. #SriLanka #ApiAragale

Some seriously anti democratic red flags in a few of these speeches. I expected some bluster cos it's May day afterall and this is their wheelhouse but the level of arrogance from a sitting government with an overwhelming majority speak of one party rule was alarming. People gave you power and people can take it away... Is all I am saying. Because democracy is a contest of ideas and power is never owned...its simply borrowed. It's upto the NPP to prove to the people that their ideas and promises were deserving of the trust that people placed in them with thier vote. They have little over 3 years to prove their worth. #SriLanka #ApiAragale #SystemChangeLK

The "Memories of a People’s Struggle" exhibition, organized to preserve the true events, memories, and core values of the 2022 Galle Face Aragalaya for future generations, will be held on May 9th and 10th, 2026, in Colombo. #GallefaceMuseum #Aragalaya #ApiAragale #GGYLK

President AKD @anuradisanayake (JVP leader) due to speak at #MayDay event in #NuwaraEliya tomorrow 01May. Below some meaningful things he could say (source: anonymous) that would give hope to historically oppressed #Malaiyaha community, who had contributed much to #lka economy

They say we (@GoodGovYaya) got the NPP elected when I question them, and then turn around and call us fan boys when we acknowledge what the NPP get right. The Aragalaya was never about blind loyalty or picking sides, it was about raising the standard and reminding ourselves that power must be watched, questioned, and held to its word every single day. The NPP didn't come into office on sentiment, optics or vibes.. they came on the back of explicit promises, and hard won gains of the Aragalaya and those promises don't become optional once power is secured. What we fought for was not a change of faces but a shift in political culture where no one is beyond scrutiny and accountability is not selective or convenient. This is the line… and it doesn’t move which is why this is now pinned... A reminder to me and anyone who questions as to why we continue to speak up. #SriLanka #GGYLK #SystemChangeLK #AccountabilityProjectLK

I was one of the signatories on behalf of GGY to the letter handed over by a collective of civil society orgs, unions and activists to the Presidential Secretariat, calling for the release of 10 political prisoners… some imprisoned for 15–20 years, and two without a single charge. This was an explicit political promise made by the NPP to the people of the North and East… a promise that contributed to the overwhelming mandate they received. It's been a year and half and that promise remains unfulfilled. These are human beings who have lost decades of their lives to a system that delays justice until it becomes punishment. This is the right thing to do and we implore the administration to keep their promises and release them. #SriLanka #AccountabilityProjectLK

In May 2012, rugby player Wasim Thajudeen, 27, was found dead in a burning vehicle in Colombo. It was ruled an accident. It was not. Forensic evidence confirmed he was beaten and his death staged. Records pointed to the Presidential Secretariat. Evidence disappeared. Officials obstructed the investigation. Thirteen years later, no one has been convicted. The current government promised to solve this case. It is an emblematic case testing the state's commitment to the rule of law. Citizens are waiting. How much more time does the government need to deliver justice for Wasim Thajudeen? Go to reconciliationtrackercpalanka.org to read about other emblematic cases in Sri Lanka. #WasimThajudeen #JusticeForWasim #SriLanka

It's been 13 years without #JusticeForWasim #SriLanka #AccountabilityProjectLK