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Mahinda Rajapaksa: economic growth
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/10/2018)
FALSE: In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three. In that period, the economic growth rate was 7.4%.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, 25 November 2018, Derana TV
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Rajapaksa era exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/5/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: In the ten years of the Rajapaksa administration, this country’s exports fell from 30% to 18%.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Divaina, 12 August 2019
Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales.
- Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered.
- MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima
Maithripala Sirisena: SOE losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/24/2019)
TRUE: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incur losses in the tens of millions [of rupees] per day.
- Maithripala Sirisena, Divaina, 4 June 2019
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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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
Nalinda Jayatissa: tea and rubber
(factchecklka - Facebook, 3/6/2019)
TRUE: the tea industry adds $1.5 billion to the economy of this country and the rubber industry adds $0.8 billion.
- Nalinda Jayatissa, Mawbima, 4 February 2019
Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
TRUE: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product.
- Eran Wickramaratne, Dinamina, 22 May 2019