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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
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
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Women in universities
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/20/2019)
TRUE: Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 2 October 2019
Wimal Weerawansa: MCC agreement
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/13/2019)
FALSE: …last week, the [US] Millennium Challenge Agreement was signed in Parliament. Once signed, a special economic corridor will be built from Trincomalee to Colombo Port.
- Wimal Weerawansa, Ada, 7 November 2019
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Rape statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2019)
TRUE: 1,600 [young] girls are raped every year
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Divaina, 25 October 2019
Vijitha Herath: Interest Payments and Government Income
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
FALSE: According to the 2018 Central Bank Annual Report, when the total income was Rs. 1,920 billion, the interest payments were at Rs. 2,088 billion. There was a deficit of Rs. 168 billion.
- Vijitha Herath, Divaina, 28 May 2019