Browsing FactCheck by Subject "Ajith Nivard Cabraal"

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    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: All Party Convention statement 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/28/2022)
      FALSE: During 2015-2019, Sri Lanka’s economic growth had collapsed gradually from 7% to 2%. Although foreign debt increased by USD 15 billion, foreign reserves had reduced by USD 1 billion. – Ajith Nivard Cabraal, News19.lk, ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: COVID-19 Expenditure 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/14/2021)
      FALSE:The Government has spent more than Rs. 700 billion on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and providing relief to people and that it is exactly half of the overall income of this country last year which was Rs. 1,380 ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Foreign Reserves 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/28/2021)
      TRUE: We had USD 8.2 billion in reserves… When the good governance government handed us the government, there was only USD 7.6 billion in reserves. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Mawbima, 7 January 2021

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tourism earnings 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2022)
      FALSE: Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that. – Ajith Nivad Cabraal, Bloomberg, 18 February 2022.

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)
      TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021