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Parliament Summary - July 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-05)This infographic includes the summary of parliament in July 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in July 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 68 written questions were asked but only 44 questions were answered. There ... -
Parliament Summary - June 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-07-09)This infographic includes the summary of parliament in June 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in June 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 77 written questions were asked but only 40 questions were answered. There ... -
No Confidence Motion Against Keheliya Rambukwella - Voting Breakdown
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-09)On September 8, 2023, the No Confidence Motion brought against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated, by a margin of 40 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in ... -
Wimalaweera Dissanayake: Health sector
(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 -
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. ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Provident funds
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/10/2023)TRUE: In addition to the provident fund of the general public, CBSL also maintains a separate provident fund for its officers […] CBSL invested its funds in places where it could get the highest returns and credited an ... -
Rauff Hakeem: Governance and Economic Crimes
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/3/2023)PARTLY TRUE: Come September, we will be the first Asian country to be subjected to IMF review of governance diagnostic. [...] In the meantime, even in the Geneva Resolution against Sri Lanka, they spoke about the need to ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Domestic Debt Restructuring
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2023)TRUE: The IMF has not imposed a condition saying to restructure domestic debt. ….. That being the case, who has intimidated us to the point of doing this? What has happened is that foreign bondholders – sovereign bondholders ... -
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: Vehicle imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/20/2023)TRUE: ...within that period [2015-2020], we have brought 2,498,714 vehicles...worth Rs. 1,331.51 billion...We have taxed [them to the value of] 991.12 billion. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, YouTube Page of Parliament of Sri ... -
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, ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Inflation
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/7/2023)PARTLY TRUE: Inflation, which had skyrocketed to 70 percent, has now decreased to 25.2 percent, lightening the burden of daily life for all of us. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka, 1 June 2023 -
Kabir Hashim: Poverty line
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/29/2023)TRUE: “…by 2019…the poverty line[sic] of this country was 11%…it has grown to 25% by 2023. I believe it is more than that. But the World Bank has calculated that it is only 25%, which means that out of 22 million in this ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Increase in electricity bill
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/22/2023)PARTLY TRUE: From the very short period between last year's August and this year's March…the [electricity] bill increase [was]…1,138% for the poor man [a consumer who uses 30 units] and 160% for the rich man [a person using ... -
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal stability
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/15/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …we are coming step by step towards fiscal stability. Even the IMF calculated that for this first quarter, our primary account balance will be negative by Rs. 56 billion. But we have brought this quarter…to a ... -
Bandula Gunawardane: Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/8/2023)TRUE: …. the Fiscal Management Responsibility Act No. 3 of 2003…had three main goals…to maintain the budget gap below 5%..... reducing public debt as a percentage of GDP to 65% by 2013, that is, in 10 years…. reducing the ... -
Organic Fertiliser Transition in Sri Lanka: Farmers Were Providing an Early Warning of a Food Shortage = ශ්රී ලංකාව කාබනික පොහොර වෙතට මාරු වීමට දැරූ ප්රයත්නය: ගොවීන්ගෙන් ආහාර හිඟයක් පිළිබඳ පූර්ව අනතුරු ඇඟවීමක්
(Verité Research, 2021-09)Sri Lanka introduced a ban on chemical fertiliser importation, and a shift to organic fertiliser starting April 2021. As existing stocks were beginning to deplete Verité Research conducted a survey in July to capture the ... -
Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill - Voting - Second Reading
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-08)On September 7, 2023, the second reading of the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill was passed with a majority of 45 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and ... -
W(h)ither environmental governance? - Limited access to information undermines meaningful public participation in development projects (Research Brief)
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-06)There is a surge in public agitation against environmental destruction caused by ongoing development projects in Sri Lanka. The surfacing of environmental issues after construction has commenced is highly problematic for ... -
Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators July 2022
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-07)This report highlights the failure of the Sri Lankan government in implementing gender responsive budgeting in Sri Lanka. The case of gender KPIs provides a detailed case study of how poor planning of government policies ... -
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 05 2023 - Aragalaya and Economic rebuilding
(Verité Research, 2023-06)Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around ...