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    • Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics 

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      (factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)
      PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ...
    • Maithripala Sirisena - Judicial Independence 

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      (factchecklka - Facebook, 10/17/2018)
      PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka is a country with a strong democratic foundation and the present government has also strengthened the independence of the judiciary. A recent survey on independence of the judiciary shows that Sri ...
    • Maithripala Sirisena: absolute poverty 

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      (factchecklka - Facebook, 4/4/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: The absolute poverty ratio of the country has been reported as 6.7%... - Maithripala Sirisena, 4 February 2019, Independence Day Speech
    • Maithripala Sirisena: Aragalaya 

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      (www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2022)
      FALSE: Irrespective of who is there [in positions of power], an unconstitutional event has already taken place in the country… The other thing is that none of the 225 MPs, the current president or prime minister can take ...
    • Maithripala Sirisena: SOE losses 

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      (www.factcheck.lk, 7/24/2019)
      TRUE: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incur losses in the tens of millions [of rupees] per day. - Maithripala Sirisena, Divaina, 4 June 2019
    • Maithripala Sirisena: Undernourishment 

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      (factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)
      FALSE: Around 16 or 17 percent of Sri Lankans are undernourished. - Maithripala Sirisena, 18 October 2018, Lankadeepa
    • Maithripala Sirisena: Women in the public sector 

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      (www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)
      FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women. - Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019
    • Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 02 2022 - Who can be the most effective leader for Sri Lanka at this time 2022 

      Pumudika, Amarasekara; Nishan, de Mel (Verité Research, 2022-07-01)
      This questione answered Who can be the most effective leader for Sri Lanka at this time? Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data ...
    • Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity 

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      (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 ...