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W.D.J. Seneviratne: Foreign and central government debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/16/2021)
FALSE: At the time when Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the government, we had only 72% of foreign loans. However, soon after the Yahapalana government, when we came into power that percentage has been increased up to ...
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 ...
Niroshan Perera: Decline in industrial sector and exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/20/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: …the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%.
Niroshan Perera, YouTube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 23 August 2023
Udaya Gammanpila: Fuel price
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/10/2022)
TRUE: The CPC incurs a loss of Rs. 19 from each 92-Octane Petrol litre…and a loss from a litre of diesel is Rs. 52…. The government levies Rs. 42 on a 92-Octane petrol litre…and Rs. 17 on a diesel litre. [The CPC’s loss ...
Harsha de Silva: Multidimensional poverty
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/14/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Domestic Debt Restructuring
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2023)
TRUE: The IMF has not imposed a condition saying to restructure domestic debt. ….. That being the case, who has intimidated us to the point of doing this? What has happened is that foreign bondholders – sovereign bondholders ...
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Constitutional amendments
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/23/2022)
FALSE: The executive presidential system can only be abolished by enacting a new constitution. This is because the president’s powers extend throughout the constitution. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Sunday Lankadeepa, 28 May 2022
Ruwan Wijewardena: Covid-19 death analysis
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/23/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: It is said that 10 patients are dying every hour. The rate at which patients are dying is 1.5%. Sri Lanka has become the country that reports the highest death rate in Asia due to COVID-19.
- Ruwan Wijewardena, ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Income Tax Files
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/9/2023)
TRUE: In 2019, there were 1.5 million income tax files in total…when we abolished the PAYE tax, in December 2021, we [only] had 400,000 income tax files. It reduced from 1.5 million to 400,000.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, ...
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