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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, ...
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 ...
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: All Party Convention statement
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/28/2022)
FALSE: During 2015-2019, Sri Lanka’s economic growth had collapsed gradually from 7% to 2%. Although foreign debt increased by USD 15 billion, foreign reserves had reduced by USD 1 billion. – Ajith Nivard Cabraal, News19.lk, ...
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: CEB profits and electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk , 5/19/2022)
PARTLY TRUE: In 2014… we did so much work and reduced the electricity bill by 25 percent. – Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, DailyNews, 14 March 2022.
Eran Wickramaratne: Sri Lanka's record cost of interest
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/30/2021)
TRUE: 70% of government revenue is spent on interest on loan repayment. Lebanon is the only country in the world that pays higher interest than Sri Lanka as a percentage of national revenue.
- Eran Wickramaratne, Daily ...
Eran Wickramaratne: Reserves
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/24/2022)
TRUE: Compared to 2019 and 2021, the decrease in foreign reserves is 80% in Sri Lanka. But other countries in the [South Asian] region have seen an escalation of their reserves. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 25 January 2022
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 Dissanayaka: Money Printing and Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Mawbima, 3 May 2021
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 ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)
TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ...