[1][2] The party was formed after a faction of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MPs led by Dullas Alahapperuma and G L Peris defected from the Rajapaksa-led party on 31 August 2022, and chose to sit in opposition as an independent group of MPs.

[3] This followed Alahapperuma's decision to stand in the 2022 presidential election, against the wishes of the majority of his party, who instead supported then-acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

[4] A few days after the defection, the newly independent group named themselves the Freedom People's Congress, opening an office in Nawala.

[2] In December 2023, G. L. Peiris announced that the FPC would form an alliance with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, the main opposition party, in 2024.

[6] Founding members stated that the party's aim was to introduce reforms to free Sri Lankan politics from corruption and nepotism and instead promote meritocracy.