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Udaya Gammanpila: Debt to GDP ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/23/2020)
TRUE: In 2005, when we took over the country, Sri Lanka's debt burden was 103%... [we] reduced the debt burden to 72%. During the five years the UNP ruled the country, [they] once again increased it to 87%.
- Udaya Gammanpila, ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Transport
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/9/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: Only 52% of our country uses public transport… 48% of the people use private transportation.
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Daily News, 30 November 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 ...
Siripala Gamlath: UNHRC Resolution
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2020)
FALSE: The other dangerous consequence of co-sponsoring [UNHRC Resolution 30/1] is that this country’s ‘war heroes’ can be taken before an international court at any instance.
- Siripala Gamlath, Divaina, Aruna, 25 February 2020
GMOA: COVID-19 Statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/2/2020)
FALSE: “We are in a worst situation compared to Italy at the end of the first 7 days (from 1st Local Case). Peak of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka can be expected during New Year Season if we do not take more aggressive decisions ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Office on Missing Persons Act
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/3/2020)
FALSE: “In August of 2016, without even allowing for a parliamentary debate on the matter, the Yahapalana government forcibly enacted the Office on Missing Persons Act.”
-Mahinda Rajapaksa, Aruna, 29 June 2020
Budget Check 2021
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/17/2020)
For the very first time in Sri Lanka, the FactCheck team at Verité Research conducted the inaugural #BudgetCheck2021. The team carried out live fact checking on claims made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his 2021 ...
G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)
FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed…
- G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020
දුමින්ද නිදහස් කළ යුත්තේ ඇයි?: අධිකරණය විසින් ලබාදුන් තීන්දුවක් නිවැරදි නොවේ යැයි තහවුරු කොට පවසන පදනම කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-11)
On 15th November 2020, Irida Mawbima published news where the article interpreted a politician who was convicted by the court should be released. Such news can mislead the public hence should not be published in such a ...
දිවි අහිමි කරගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම්
(2020-07-20)
Contrasts 2 articles published on the death of Benjamin Keough on July 18, 2020. One in-line with media guidelines for reporting on suicide, and the other in violation of certain guidelines