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MFC01 - Monitoring Database - January 2019 - English
(Verite Research, 2019-01)
Rajitha Senaratne: Cigarette taxes
(factchecklka - Facebook, 3/14/2019)
FALSE: "We have acted appropriately against the use of tobacco and imposed a 90% tax on tobacco in an attempt to reduce tobacco usage."
- Rajitha Senaratne, Daily News, 20 February 2019
Mavai Senathirajah: Lands released in the North
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/11/2019)
TRUE: 75% of the lands occupied by the security forces in the Northern Province have been released to the public.
- Mavai Senathirajah, Dinamina, 16 August 2019
Thalatha Atukorale: Prison statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/23/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number is serving sentences that are less than two years.
- Thalatha Atukorale, Dinamina, 10 April 2019
Maithripala Sirisena: Undernourishment
(factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)
FALSE: Around 16 or 17 percent of Sri Lankans are undernourished.
- Maithripala Sirisena, 18 October 2018, Lankadeepa
Sagala Ratnayaka: Health and Education Budget Allocation
(factchecklka - Facebook, 2/27/2019)
FALSE: Last year the allocation for the education and health sectors in the country made up 25% of the total budget.
- Sagala Ratnayaka, Mawbima, 4 February 2019
John Amaratunga: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/16/2019)
TRUE: When he took office in 2015, there were 1.5 million tourist arrivals and in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million. Tourism revenue was USD 2.5 billion and reached USD 4.3 billion in the same time period.
- John Amaratunga, ...
Sisira Jayakody: TNA dual citizenship
(factchecklka - Facebook, 8/2/2019)
BLATANTLY FALSE: We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship.
- Sisira Jayakody, 2 January 2019, Divaina
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Penal code on foreign terrorist organizations
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/2/2019)
FALSE: “To take part in a foreign armed uprising is not an offence here…. there is no law to prevent you from that."
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Interview with SkyNews, 26 April 2019