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Maithripala Sirisena: Aragalaya
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2022)
FALSE: Irrespective of who is there [in positions of power], an unconstitutional event has already taken place in the country… The other thing is that none of the 225 MPs, the current president or prime minister can take ...
Gamini Lokuge: On the strength of EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/22/2021)
FALSE: The Employees Provident Fund has become the strongest fund in Asia today. - Gamini Lokuge, Parliament Hansard, 9 February 2021
College of Community Physicians: COVID-19 Burials
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/14/2021)
TRUE: WHO, CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had issued clear and extensive guidelines on handling dead bodies confirmed or suspected as having COVID-19… all these global pandemic control ...
Lasantha Alagiyawanna: LPG Standards
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/13/2022)
FALSE: This [LP gas] problem arose - especially this problem of the butane and propane composition - [because] the composition is not mentioned in the standards that have been formulated by the SLSI. - Lasantha Alagiyawanna, ...
G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)
FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed…
- G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)
FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Government Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2020)
FALSE: "When I was the Prime Minister, the government revenue was LKR 150,000 million. The revenue last month was LKR 50,000 million. LKR 90,000 million is needed to pay the salaries and pensions of the public servants." ...
Kanchana Wijesekera: Forensic Audit Report
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/5/2020)
FALSE: "Around 96 percent of the Rs.10,000 million ‘loss’ highlighted by the Forensic Audit Report into Bond transactions from the period 2005-2015 actually went to several government institutions which benefitted immensely. ...
Mujibur Rahman: COVID-19 foreign financing
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/11/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ... In general, when everything is added up, [Sri Lanka] has received about LKR 200,000 million.
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Ajith Nivard Cabraal: COVID-19 Expenditure
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/14/2021)
FALSE:The Government has spent more than Rs. 700 billion on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and providing relief to people and that it is exactly half of the overall income of this country last year which was Rs. 1,380 ...