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Rajitha Senaratne: Cigarette taxes
(factchecklka - Facebook, 3/14/2019)
FALSE: "We have acted appropriately against the use of tobacco and imposed a 90% tax on tobacco in an attempt to reduce tobacco usage."
- Rajitha Senaratne, Daily News, 20 February 2019
Mavai Senathirajah: Lands released in the North
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/11/2019)
TRUE: 75% of the lands occupied by the security forces in the Northern Province have been released to the public.
- Mavai Senathirajah, Dinamina, 16 August 2019
Thalatha Atukorale: Prison statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/23/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number is serving sentences that are less than two years.
- Thalatha Atukorale, Dinamina, 10 April 2019
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
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, ...
Asela Gunawardana: Community Transmission
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/12/2021)
FALSE: “If it is to reach the community transmission level, the positive rate would have drastically spiraled parallel to the number of PCR tests. At present, Sri Lanka is not experiencing such a situation”.
- Asela ...
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
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