Research Outputs: Recent submissions

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    • The Most Active MPs During the Budget Debates 2017 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This Infographic shows the most active MPs during the budget debates 2017.

    • How Does the Budged Process Work 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      this infographic depicts the process of passing the budget.

    • Where Does the Budget Go:The Top Five Ministries 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This Infographic shows the percentage of the 2017 budget divided among top five ministries and the other ministries.

    • Budget 2017: Second Reading Vote 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2017 budget.

    • Budget 2017: Third Reading Vote 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2016-12-15)
      This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 3rd reading of the 2017 budget.

    • Budget allocation: Education 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Education in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament.

    • Budget Allocation: Defence 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Defence in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament..

    • Budget allocation: Agriculture 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Agriculture in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament.

    • Mujibur Rahman: COVID-19 foreign financing 

      S2294;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/11/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ... In general, when everything is added up, [Sri Lanka] has received about LKR 200,000 million. - ...

    • Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: Covid-19 community transmission 

      E650;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/4/2020)
      TRUE: …No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community. - Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Ada Derana, 20 May 2020

    • Rajitha Senaratne: COVID-19 testing statistics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: [The number in Sri Lanka considered to have contracted Covid-19] is determined only by the number of people that have been tested for the virus. Symptoms of Covid-19 appear only in 15% [of the infected]. Others ...

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity 

      E623;
      FactCheck       (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 ...

    • Sajith Premadasa: Fuel pricing 

      E608;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/6/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: A litre of diesel is sold at Rs. 104 and this can be reduced to Rs. 61. A litre of 92 octane petrol is Rs. 137; it can be priced at Rs. 80. - Sajith Premadasa, The Island, 11 March 2020

    • Sajith Premadasa: Income inequality 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • GMOA: COVID-19 Statistics 

      P0008;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/2/2020)
      FALSE: “We are in a worst situation compared to Italy at the end of the first 7 days (from 1st Local Case). Peak of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka can be expected during New Year Season if we do not take more aggressive decisions ...

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Siripala Gamlath: UNHRC Resolution 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2020)
      FALSE: The other dangerous consequence of co-sponsoring [UNHRC Resolution 30/1] is that this country’s ‘war heroes’ can be taken before an international court at any instance. - Siripala Gamlath, Divaina, Aruna, 25 February 2020

    • Kanchana Wijesekera: Forensic Audit Report 

      E556;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/5/2020)
      FALSE: "Around 96 percent of the Rs.10,000 million ‘loss’ highlighted by the Forensic Audit Report into Bond transactions from the period 2005-2015 actually went to several government institutions which benefitted immensely. ...

    • Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed 

      Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-09)
      The submission includes a draft brief published by the legal team on the liquor ban imposed on women in Sri Lanka, titled “Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed”. On 10 January 2018, ...

    • Brief - The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional 

      Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-09)
      The submission includes a draft brief on “The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional”. Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media ...