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Wimal Weerawansa: Net Export Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2020)
FALSE: For the first time since the open economy was introduced in 1977 by J.R. Jayawardena, the country’s export earnings exceeded import expenditure. - Wimal Weerawansa, Mawbima,13/07/2020
Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)
TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021
Bandula Gunawardana: Sathosa Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/8/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: [Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019).
- Bandula Gunawardana, Daily News, 10 March 2021
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)
TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020
Harshana Rajakaruna: MPs not speaking in Parliament
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/28/2019)
TRUE: As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken.
- Harshana Rajakaruna, Silumina, 3 March 2019
Wimalaweera Dissanayake: Health sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/7/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: Even in the midst of all the shortcomings, it’s Sri Lanka that has the best health service in South Asia.
Wimalaweera Dissanayake, The Life Traveler, 19 July 2023
Kabir Hashim: Poverty line
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/29/2023)
TRUE: “…by 2019…the poverty line[sic] of this country was 11%…it has grown to 25% by 2023. I believe it is more than that. But the World Bank has calculated that it is only 25%, which means that out of 22 million in this ...
Ramesh Pathirana: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/2/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: When compared with the countries in the South Asian region, the fuel price of our country is still lower than that of the other countries in the region. Among the countries in this region, only Pakistan provides ...
Udaya Gammanpila: Increase in electricity bill
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/22/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: From the very short period between last year's August and this year's March…the [electricity] bill increase [was]…1,138% for the poor man [a consumer who uses 30 units] and 160% for the rich man [a person using ...
Sajith Premadasa: Women in politics
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/24/2020)
TRUE: …[we] have not been able to increase representation [of women] in parliament. Even today, representation of women in our parliament is at a level of 5.8%. Our government was able to increase representation of women ...