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G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed… - G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020 -
Gamini Lokuge: On the strength of EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/22/2021)FALSE: The Employees Provident Fund has become the strongest fund in Asia today. - Gamini Lokuge, Parliament Hansard, 9 February 2021 -
Gayantha Karunatilleka: Income Inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2021)TRUE: 35% of our country's national income is enjoyed by 10% of the population. - Gayantha Karunatilleka, Divaina, 30 March 2021 -
Gayantha Karunatilleka: Students-to-academic staff ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/30/2023)FALSE: Although the number of academic staff is dwindling [in recent months], the annual intake of students at universities has doubled since 2017. Gayantha Karunatilleka, NewsFirst, 19 October 2023 -
GL Peiris: 19A Dissolution
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)TRUE: Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th ... -
GMOA: COVID-19 Statistics
(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 ... -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Child disability statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/27/2020)FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President's Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Foreign Loans
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/27/2022)FALSE: I have not taken a cent in foreign loans during my two years in office. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Newswire, 7 January 2022, -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: GDP growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/2/2020)PARTLY TRUE: Prior to 2015, the economic growth rate was between 7% and 8%, but by 2019, it fell below 2%. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Divaina, 16 June 2020 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: International Sovereign Bonds
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/26/2022)PARTLY TRUE: Every month we have to repay the loans that previous governments had obtained for various reasons. On ISBs, by 2015, we had only taken out USD 5 billion worth of them. During the time of the previous government, ... -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Misinformation on disability data
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/27/2020)FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President’s Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Postal Department
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/12/2020)TRUE: "The Postal Department is currently running at a loss of about Rs 6 billion. It generates an income of Rs 8 billion annually. The department’s expenditure runs to about Rs 14 billion on account of having overtime ... -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Release of military occupied land
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/31/2019)FALSE: "We are the people who released 90% of the land" - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Inaugural Press Conference, 16 October 2019 -
Harin Fernando: Chinese tourists
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/13/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If each Chinese tourist spent $5,000 that could raise a figure comparable to the recent International Monetary Fund bailout…If you really look at it, tourism can get Sri Lanka out of this mess. Harin Fernando, ... -
Harin Fernando: employment trends
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017. - Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ... -
Harini Amarasuriya: Unpaid care work
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/17/2023)TRUE: …there are a few factors that are not considered when measuring the contribution to the labour force…[a] large chunk of unremunerated work done by women is the main type of work that is not included in these statistics. ... -
Harsha de Silva: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2021)TRUE: CBSL Annual Report states Sri Lanka's budget deficit for 2020 [was a] huge 11%. But it should be even higher at 14%. - Harsha de Silva, Harsha de Silva's Official Twitter, 1 May 2021 -
Harsha de Silva: EPF and ETF
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/25/2023)TRUE: The majority of Sri Lanka’s domestic debt is in treasury bonds. We have [almost 9,000 billion] worth of treasury bonds….44.5% of that is in banks….43% was borrowed from EPF & ETF. Harsha de Silva, Daily FT, 20 April 2023 -
Harsha De silva: Government debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/1/2020)TRUE: …the government made a hue and cry [those days] saying that the debt rose by Rs. 5,700 billion in five years, didn’t they? However, during their time, it has risen by [approximately] Rs. 1,000 billion in just four ...