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Udaya Gammanpila: Powers of Executive Presidency
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2019)
FALSE: …there has been no major change from the Presidency before the 19th Amendment to the current office of the president. Only three powers of the presidency were removed by the 19th Amendment.
- Udaya Gammanpila, ...
Ashok Abeysinghe: Passenger transport
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/7/2019)
TRUE: As of now, the number of passengers travelling by train is about 400,000… In [bus] passenger transport, the private sector does about 75%, and SLTB buses do 25%.
- Ashok Abeysinghe, Divaina, June 24
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Child disability statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/27/2020)
FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability.
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President's Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020
Mangala Samaraweera: Macroeconomic indicators
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/20/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: …macroeconomic indicators showed positive trends with the country’s $7.6 billion foreign reserves, capable of covering four months of imports, the trade deficit declining to a five year low in February and Sri ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)
FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News
Ranil Wickremesinghe - Mercer Index
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/9/2018)
TRUE: Although cities across Asia are growing apace, only three (Singapore, Tokyo, and Kobe) are in the top 50 of the Mercer Quality of Living Index. Colombo was the highest ranked South Asian city, but still only stood ...
Sunil Handunnetti: rural population
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting.
- Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina
Bandula Gunawardana: Bond Commission report
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/14/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury bond scam report. The newspaper went on to say ...
Tilak Marapana: Release of military acquired lands
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/13/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: Of the 71,172.56 acres of state-owned land occupied by the security forces, 63,257.48 acres were released between May 2009 and 12 March 2019. This is a release of 88.87% of the initially occupied land.
- Tilak ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ...