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Absent Legislators: Where have all the MPs gone?
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-25)This infographic shows the absenteeism of MPs during 8 major votes taken by division in the parliament from January 2023 to July 2023. According to the analysis, on average 39.3% of MPs were absent when the votes were taken ... -
Amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act to Include Competitive Bidding
(Manthri.lk, 2022-06-10)Opposition MP Harsha de Silva (SJB) proposed an amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act during the committee stage of the bill. The amendment aims to implement competitive bidding process for procurement of electricity ... -
Analysis on Attendance: JVP shines through - September 2015-February 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06-07)From September 2015-February 2019, a total of 325 sessions were held in Parliament. This analysis reveals some striking results of MPs attendance in parliament. -
Analysis on Questions by Private Notice: September 2015-March 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06-07)An analysis of the the questions by private notice facility in Parliament by the manthri.lk team reveals some striking results. The period analysed was September 2015-March 2019. (A question by private notice is a parliamentary ... -
Appointment of Acting Ministers: Parliamentary report cards - Shehan Semasinghe and Premitha Tennakoon
(Manthri.lk, 2023-05-05)This infographic was created as a response to the appointment of two acting ministers by the President during his visit to the United Kingdom to attend the coronation of King Charles III. Accordingly, current State Minister ... -
The APRC: A Primer for Constitutional Consensus = සර්ව පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත කමිටුව: ව්යවස්ථාමය සම්මුතියකට ප්රවේශයක්
(Verité Research, 2016-04)This report is a historical study that aims to: 1. Explain the failure of successive attempts at state reform culminating in the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) process; and 2. Demonstrate that the proposals of ... -
The attendance of MPs during key budget 2019 debates
(Manthri.lk, 2019-03-29)This Infographic shows the Attendance of MPs during key budget 2019 debates. -
Betting and Gaming Levy Act Amended
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-10)This infographic was created as a response to the second and third reading of the amendment to the Betting and Gaming Levy Act which was passed in the parliament without a division on 9th August 2023. The infographic ... -
Budget 2017: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2017 budget. -
Budget 2017: Third Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2016-12-15)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 3rd reading of the 2017 budget. -
Budget 2018: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2017-11-17)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2018 budget -
Budget 2021 - Most Active MPs
(Manthri.lk, 2021-02-09)This infographic shows the members of Parliament who contributed the most to the 2021 Budget Debate which lasted for 21 days in Parliament -
Budget 2022 - Most discussed topics during budget sittings: November - December 2021
(Manthri.lk, 2022-01-23)This infographic shows the most discussed topics during the budget 2022 sittings in November and December 2021. The topics and the top contributing MPs to those were: Economy and Finance – Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Urban ... -
Budget 2022: Allocations under the President, Prime Minister and Finance Minister
(Manthri.lk, 2021-11-30)This Infographic shows how the budget was spent under the President (Gotabhaya Rajapaksa), Prime Minister (Mahinda Rajapaksa) and Finance Minister (Basil Rajapaksa). Based on budget estimates 2022 vol. 1-3, budget speech ... -
Budget 2022: Second reading vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-09-04)These infographics show how MPs voted on the second reading of the 2022 interim budget in September. 120 votes received in favour and 5 votes received against. 56 were absent while 43 were abstained. It also shows how the ... -
Budget 2022: Second Reading Vote – How Did MPs Vote?
(Manthri.lk, 2021-11-23)This infograpic shows how MPs voted in the second reading of the 2022 budget. 153 MPs voted in favour of the budget, 60 against and 11 abstained. -
Budget 2022: Third Reading Vote – How Did MPs Vote?
(Manthri.lk, 2021-12-10)This infograpic shows how MPs voted in the third reading of the 2022 budget. 157 MPs voted in favour of the budget, 64 against and 3 abstained. -
Budget 2023: Expenditure under the President and Prime Minister
(Manthri.lk, 2022-11-29)This set of infographics provides how the budget was spent under President, Ranil Wickremesinghe and PM, Dinesh Gunawardena. More than half of the expenditure in the budget 2023 is under the President (31.1%) and PM (25.2%). ... -
Budget 2023: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-11-23)The second reading of the Budget 2023 (Appropriation Bill) was passed in the parliament on 22 November 2022 by a majority of 37 votes. These infographics show how MPs voted in the second reading of the 2023 budget. 121 MPs ... -
Budget 2023: Third Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-12-11)The second reading of the Budget 2023 (Appropriation Bill) was passed in the parliament on 8 December 2022 by a majority of 43 votes. These infographics show how MPs voted in the third reading of the 2023 budget. 123 MPs ...