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Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Export Agriculture Crops
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2021)TRUE: The revenue from export agricultural crops stood at Rs. 63,000 million in 2019. Within one year we have been able to increase it to Rs. 73,000 million. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Dinamina, 3 March 2021 -
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 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Women in universities
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/20/2019)TRUE: Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 2 October 2019 -
Mahinda Rajapakse: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/19/2020)FALSE: “…the budget deficit which my government brought down to 5.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, has increased to over 9.6 percent of the GDP by 2019… outstanding unpaid bills amounted to Rs. 243 billion, ... -
Mahindananda Aluthgamage: Agriculture
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2020)FALSE: 40% of the population is directly employed in agriculture. - Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Mawbima, 17 August 2020 -
Mahindananda Aluthgamage: Credit cards and tax files
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/25/2021)BLATANTLY FALSE: There are nearly 1,000 tax files in our country. There are over 10 million credit cards in our country. Each credit card holder does transactions of nearly Rs. 1 million to 1.5 million. - Mahindananda ... -
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 -
Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales. - Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa -
Mangala Samaraweera: Macroeconomic indicators
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/20/2019)PARTLY TRUE: …macroeconomic indicators showed positive trends with the country’s $7.6 billion foreign reserves, capable of covering four months of imports, the trade deficit declining to a five year low in February and Sri ... -
Mangala Samaraweera: Media freedom
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/2/2018)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131. - Mangala Samaraweera, 28 September 2018, Divaina -
Mangala Samaraweera: Rupee appreciation
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/11/2019)TRUE: "During the past 2 months, the rupee has appreciated by 2.5%." - Mangala Samaraweera, Daily News, 13 March 2019 -
Mano Ganesan: Food Insecurity
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/12/2023)CORRECT: Food insecurity in Sri Lanka is highest in the estate sector at 51%, while it is 43% in the urban sector and 34% in the rural sector. The World Bank has reported that the country’s poverty rate has climbed to 26% ... -
Manusha Nayanakkara: Rise in remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/11/2023)TRUE: Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increased to US$ 568.3 million in March 2023 from US$ 318.4 million in March 2022. This is a 78.5% (US$ 249.9 million) increase compared to the inflows recorded in March ...