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Ashok Abeysinghe: Organic agriculture statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/19/2021)
TRUE: There are only 16 countries in the world that have at least moved towards 10% organic agriculture. No Asian countries are among those 16. - Ashok Abeysinghe, Official Facebook page of Samagi Jana Balawegaya, 26 October 2021
Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)
TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Sugar and Fats Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/1/2021)
TRUE: Compared to 2019, sugar imports have increased by 38% and oil and fat imports have increased by 237%.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Parliament Hansard, 11 February 2021
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Election costs
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/30/2022)
BLATANTLY FALSE: You cannot go for elections now. The economy is getting really bad. We have to stabilise the economy. The cost of the last election was Rs.10 billion. It will cost Rs.20 billion this time. A candidate will ...
Mahinda Rajapakse: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/19/2020)
FALSE: “…the budget deficit which my government brought down to 5.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, has increased to over 9.6 percent of the GDP by 2019… outstanding unpaid bills amounted to Rs. 243 billion, ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/5/2022)
TRUE: Foreign remittances increased during the first 5 months of 2021. It increased by USD 450Mn. However, it started to drop from the sixth month onwards… This January, it [remittances] reduced by 62%.– Anura Kumara ...
Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)
Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Mihin and Sri Lankan Airlines debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/6/2020)
FALSE: Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Divaina, 28 August 2019
GL Peiris: 19A Dissolution
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)
TRUE: Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)
TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020