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    • Sajith Premadasa: Fuel pricing 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 5/6/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: A litre of diesel is sold at Rs. 104 and this can be reduced to Rs. 61. A litre of 92 octane petrol is Rs. 137; it can be priced at Rs. 80. - Sajith Premadasa, The Island, 11 March 2020
    • Sajith Premadasa: Government's tax revenue 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 12/4/2020)
      FALSE: In the first seven months of 2020, the government's tax revenue was reduced by 40.9 percent in comparison with that same period last year. - Sajith Premadasa. Divaina, 7 October 2020
    • Sajith Premadasa: Income inequality 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 10/3/2019)
      FALSE: While the richest 20 per cent enjoy 54 per cent of the national income, the poorest 20 per cent of the country enjoys only 4 percent of it. - Sajith Premadasa, Lankadeepa, 9 July 2019
    • Sajith Premadasa: Women in politics 

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      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 1/24/2020)
      TRUE: …[we] have not been able to increase representation [of women] in parliament. Even today, representation of women in our parliament is at a level of 5.8%. Our government was able to increase representation of women ...