evidence: While we congratulate JVP/NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his hard fought victory at the just concluded presidential election and the exemplary manner how he stamped down usual crass behaviour of winning parties at elections of the past, we wish him good luck on the difficult road ahead. [...] Having succeeded Somawansa Amarasinghe at the 17th National Convention of the party held in early Dec 2014, Dissanayake transformed the outfit. The formation of JJB/NFF accelerated Dissanayake’s project and by early 2022 he was ready to move on. The JJB/NPP received the recognition of the US and India. Their role in Aragalaya, subsequent acceptance of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) project and keeping mum about the clandestine visit to Sri Lanka by CIA head, soon after Ranil Wickremesinghe was installed as the President to complete the balance term of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, made them acceptable to the US, and even to India to some extent.