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Lakshman Kiriella: Bond scandal assets freeze
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/11/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: The allegation is that the UNP caused a loss of LKR 10 billion through bonds. The country has not experienced a loss because the CBSL froze/impounded LKR 12 billion from Perpetual Treasuries. However, the ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Prison Expenditure
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/27/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines. To maintain a prisoner, the government spends Rs. 671 per person per day. Accordingly, a person who is imprisoned for being ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Muslim population growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/28/2019)
BLATANTLY FALSE: In comparison to the 5 to 9 age group, the Sinhala population in the 0 to 4 age group has increased by 0.5%. But the Muslim population has increased by 1.4%, or threefold… When considering the trends in ...
Rajitha Senaratne: WHO on SL Health Service Rank
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/30/2019)
FALSE: Within the world healthcare system, the fact that the best health service is provided by Cuba and Sri Lanka has been accepted by the World Health Organization.
- Rajitha Senaratne, Mawbima, 4 February 2019
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
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
Harshana Rajakaruna: MPs not speaking in Parliament
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/28/2019)
TRUE: As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken.
- Harshana Rajakaruna, Silumina, 3 March 2019
Sajith Premadasa: Women in politics
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/24/2020)
TRUE: …[we] have not been able to increase representation [of women] in parliament. Even today, representation of women in our parliament is at a level of 5.8%. Our government was able to increase representation of women ...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Release of military occupied land
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/31/2019)
FALSE: "We are the people who released 90% of the land"
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Inaugural Press Conference, 16 October 2019