Browsing Media by Subject "Maithripala Sirisena"
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Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women. - Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019 -
Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity
(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 ...