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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: 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 ...
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: Domestic Debt Restructuring
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2023)
TRUE: The IMF has not imposed a condition saying to restructure domestic debt. ….. That being the case, who has intimidated us to the point of doing this? What has happened is that foreign bondholders – sovereign bondholders ...
Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/14/2023)
FALSE: According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. ...
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: Fuel Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/4/2021)
TRUE: Out of the total import expenditure, fuel is the foremost import item upon which more than 20% is spent. - Udaya Gammanpila, Dinamina, 1 October 2021
Udaya Gammanpila: Provident funds
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/10/2023)
TRUE: In addition to the provident fund of the general public, CBSL also maintains a separate provident fund for its officers […] CBSL invested its funds in places where it could get the highest returns and credited an ...
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, ...