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Udaya Gammanpila: Prison Expenditure
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/27/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines. To maintain a prisoner, the government spends Rs. 671 per person per day. Accordingly, a person who is imprisoned for being ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Muslim population growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/28/2019)
BLATANTLY FALSE: In comparison to the 5 to 9 age group, the Sinhala population in the 0 to 4 age group has increased by 0.5%. But the Muslim population has increased by 1.4%, or threefold… When considering the trends in ...
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, ...
Udaya Gammanpila: National anthem in Tamil
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/30/2020)
FALSE: [According to Article 7 of the constitution] Sri Lanka's national anthem is "Sri Lanka Maatha"… if anything other than the words of "Sri Lanka Maatha" contained in the third schedule is considered to be the national ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Debt to GDP ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/23/2020)
TRUE: In 2005, when we took over the country, Sri Lanka's debt burden was 103%... [we] reduced the debt burden to 72%. During the five years the UNP ruled the country, [they] once again increased it to 87%.
- Udaya Gammanpila, ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2020)
FALSE: “…Even if [former President Sirisena] has committed a crime, he cannot be prosecuted as he enjoys immunity in terms of Article 35(1) of the Constitution… No law has stripped Presidential immunity against criminal ...