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Mahinda Amaraweera: Public Sector Spending
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2021)
FALSE: More than 85% of government revenue goes to pay salaries and pensions to public servants.
- Mahinda Amaraweera, Media briefing Department of Government Information, 1 September 2021
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: GDP growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/2/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: Prior to 2015, the economic growth rate was between 7% and 8%, but by 2019, it fell below 2%.
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Divaina, 16 June 2020
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Increase in debt during yahapaalanaya
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/7/2023)
FALSE: When Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015, our debt was LKR 8.5 trillion […] In 2020, the country’s debt […] stood at LKR 15 trillion […] Approximately, Ranil’s five years put the country more in debt by LKR ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Direct and Indirect Taxes
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/17/2023)
TRUE: In other countries, most of the taxes are collected from a higher income bracket. In 2021, in India – 50% direct tax…Bangladesh – direct tax 32%...Nepal – direct 31%....69%. Indonesia – direct tax 40%...Vietnam – ...
Wigneswaran: Unemployment disparity
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/31/2020)
FALSE: “Unemployment in our war-affected areas have exceeded 10% while the national average proportion of unemployment is less than 6%.”
- C. V. Wigneswaran, Daily FT, 12 September 2020
Kanchana Wijesekara: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk , 5/24/2022)
TRUE: Fuel Price will be revised from 3am today. Fuel pricing formula that was approved by the cabinet was applied to revise the prices. Price revision includes all costs incurred in importing, unloading, distribution to ...
Wimal Weerawansa: Net Export Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2020)
FALSE: For the first time since the open economy was introduced in 1977 by J.R. Jayawardena, the country’s export earnings exceeded import expenditure. - Wimal Weerawansa, Mawbima,13/07/2020
Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)
TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021
Bandula Gunawardana: Sathosa Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/8/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: [Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019).
- Bandula Gunawardana, Daily News, 10 March 2021
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)
TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020