Search
Now showing items 31-40 of 116
Namal Rajapaksa: Chief Government Whip
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2022)
BLATANTLY FALSE: If we are to convene parliament, the chief government whip and other key positions must be sworn in as cabinet ministers, if they are to remain in those positions. It was due to this that Hon. Johnston ...
Basil Rajapaksa: 2021 Government Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/11/2021)
BLATANTLY FALSE: Especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rs. 1500-1600 billion has reduced from the revenue that we should have generated during this year alone. That is even higher than the amount we estimated to be the ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Foreign debt payment
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/26/2020)
TRUE: We have to pay close to USD 400 million a month in [foreign] debt.
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Lankadeepa, 12 October 2020
Sarath Weerasekera: National Flag
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/24/2022)
FALSE: No one will be allowed to distort & disrespect the national flag of our Motherland. Anyone found so shall be thoroughly investigated and charged accordingly under the provisions of our Penal Code.– Official twitter ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Basil Rajapaksa: Poultry and eggs
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/9/2021)
TRUE:Sri Lanka…[is] already [close to being] self-sufficient in eggs and poultry. - Basil Rajapaksa, Budget Speech, 12 Novemeber 2021
Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2021)
FALSE: In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 12 July 2021