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    • W.D.J. Seneviratne: Foreign and central government debt 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/16/2021)
      FALSE: At the time when Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa handed over the government, we had only 72% of foreign loans. However, soon after the Yahapalana government, when we came into power that percentage has been increased up to ...

    • Wigneswaran: Unemployment disparity 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/31/2020)
      FALSE: “Unemployment in our war-affected areas have exceeded 10% while the national average proportion of unemployment is less than 6%.” - C. V. Wigneswaran, Daily FT, 12 September 2020

    • Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Constitutional amendments 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/23/2022)
      FALSE: The executive presidential system can only be abolished by enacting a new constitution. This is because the president’s powers extend throughout the constitution. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Sunday Lankadeepa, 28 May 2022

    • Wimal Weerasansa: Total Export Income 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2023)
      FALSE: The total export income has reduced by almost 10% this year when compared to last year. This is a huge reduction.  Therefore, it is clear that the economic strategy the government is following under the guidance of ...

    • Wimal Weerawansa: Income and Wealth Inequality 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-07)
      PARTLY TRUE: The wealthiest 1% in Sri Lanka enjoy 31% of the national income. Similarly, the 10% at the highest stratum of society, inclusive of that 1%, enjoy 64% of the national income […]. After that, the 50% at the ...

    • Wimal Weerawansa: Industrial Income and Exports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/31/2021)
      TRUE: Industries occupy a special place in the national manufacturing process in Sri Lanka which is about 26.4% of the national GDP, and only a very low percentage of about 10% contributes to exports. - Wimal Weerawansa, ...

    • Wimal Weerawansa: MCC agreement 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 11/13/2019)
      FALSE: …last week, the [US] Millennium Challenge Agreement was signed in Parliament. Once signed, a special economic corridor will be built from Trincomalee to Colombo Port. - Wimal Weerawansa, Ada, 7 November 2019

    • Wimal Weerawansa: Net Export Earnings 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2020)
      FALSE: For the first time since the open economy was introduced in 1977 by J.R. Jayawardena, the country’s export earnings exceeded import expenditure. - Wimal Weerawansa, Mawbima,13/07/2020

    • Wimalaweera Dissanayake: Health sector 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/7/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: Even in the midst of all the shortcomings, it’s Sri Lanka that has the best health service in South Asia. Wimalaweera Dissanayake, The Life Traveler, 19 July 2023