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Rajitha Senaratne: COVID-19 testing statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: [The number in Sri Lanka considered to have contracted Covid-19] is determined only by the number of people that have been tested for the virus. Symptoms of Covid-19 appear only in 15% [of the infected]. Others ...
Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)
In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka.
- Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Postal Department
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/12/2020)
TRUE: "The Postal Department is currently running at a loss of about Rs 6 billion. It generates an income of Rs 8 billion annually. The department’s expenditure runs to about Rs 14 billion on account of having overtime ...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Misinformation on disability data
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/27/2020)
FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability.
- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President’s Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020
Bandula Gunawardana: Central Bank Liability
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2020)
TRUE: When money is deposited in a financial institution, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is only responsible for up to LKR 600,000.
- Bandula Gunawardana, Department of Government Information Facebook Page, 4 June 2020
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: When the Yahapalana government came into power, state revenue was LKR 1.05 trillion. Our government doubled this income to LKR 2.1 trillion within 5 years.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Lankadeepa, 6 February 2020
Ali Sabry: IGP removal
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)
FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution.
- Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020
Keheliya Rambukwella: GDP Growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/16/2020)
TRUE: When President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country in 2005, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was USD 20 billion. In ten years, we increased the GDP to USD 80 billion.
- Keheliya Rambukwella, Dinamina, 4 December 2019
Sajith Premadasa: Government's tax revenue
(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: Fuel pricing
(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