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Ranjith Madduma Bandara: Crime reduction statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/18/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: During the last four years, the rates of all forms of crime […] declined drastically […] under this government compared to the previous Rajapaksa regime. The murder rate which was 646 in 2012 has decreased to ...
Ashok Abeysinghe: Health budget allocations
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/17/2019)
TRUE: In 2010, LKR 53.1 billion was allocated for free healthcare; in 2015, we allocated LKR 139.5 billion. In 2016, [it was] LKR 174 billion. In 2019, an amount of LKR 194.5 billion were allocated. This means that 10% of ...
Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Local Government elections
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/23/2023)
FALSE: […] all the local government elections held after 1991 have been postponed without being held within the stipulated time. […]
Sunanda Madduma Bandara, Lankadeepa, 25 October 2023
Ali Sabry: IGP removal
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)
FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution.
- Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020
MFC01 - Monitoring Database - January 2019 - English
(Verite Research, 2019-01)
Keheliya Rambukwella: GDP Growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/16/2020)
TRUE: When President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country in 2005, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was USD 20 billion. In ten years, we increased the GDP to USD 80 billion.
- Keheliya Rambukwella, Dinamina, 4 December 2019
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
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Industrial GDP
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/31/2022)
FALSE: Industrial sector is in a huge crisis at present, every government after 77’ is responsible for this.... The industrial sector which was at all times 54%, reduced to 27%. – Dayasiri Jayasekara, Ada Derana, 04 February 2022.
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
Sajith Premadasa: Government's tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/4/2020)
FALSE: In the first seven months of 2020, the government's tax revenue was reduced by 40.9 percent in comparison with that same period last year.
- Sajith Premadasa. Divaina, 7 October 2020