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Sajith Premadasa: Income inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/3/2019)
FALSE: While the richest 20 per cent enjoy 54 per cent of the national income, the poorest 20 per cent of the country enjoys only 4 percent of it.
- Sajith Premadasa, Lankadeepa, 9 July 2019
Ranjith Madduma Bandara: Drowning statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/25/2019)
About 800 deaths due to drowning are reported annually.
Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)
In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka.
- Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: ISB debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/26/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: As of now (February 2021), the total ISBs outstanding is USD 14 billion, which is only 16.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s total debt. None of the other creditors who hold 83.3 percent of Sri Lanka’s debt seem to show ...
Bandula Gunawardana: Central Bank Liability
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2020)
TRUE: When money is deposited in a financial institution, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is only responsible for up to LKR 600,000.
- Bandula Gunawardana, Department of Government Information Facebook Page, 4 June 2020
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: When the Yahapalana government came into power, state revenue was LKR 1.05 trillion. Our government doubled this income to LKR 2.1 trillion within 5 years.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Lankadeepa, 6 February 2020
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 ...
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
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