FactCheck: Recent submissions
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Janaka Ratnayake: Fuel price reductions
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/4/2022)True: The price of petrol was reduced by 20 rupees last night. I had pointed out two weeks ago that the price of a litre of petrol… can be reduced by 150 rupees. – Janaka Ratnayake, PUCSL Press Release, 18 July 2022 -
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 ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Election costs
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/30/2022)BLATANTLY FALSE: You cannot go for elections now. The economy is getting really bad. We have to stabilise the economy. The cost of the last election was Rs.10 billion. It will cost Rs.20 billion this time. A candidate will ... -
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Constitutional amendments
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/23/2022)FALSE: The executive presidential system can only be abolished by enacting a new constitution. This is because the president’s powers extend throughout the constitution. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Sunday Lankadeepa, 28 May 2022 -
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe: IMF
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/16/2022)TRUE: An Extended Fund Facility (EFF) - which allows longer repayment periods - may be best suited to the country, it typically requires deeper structural reforms. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Daily News, 19 April 2022. -
Ali Sabry: Tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/9/2022)PARTLY TRUE: It [tax revenue as a percentage of GDP] decreased over time, under all these governments [every government since 1981] and today it has collapsed to a value of 8.7%. Mohamed Ali Sabry, Asian Mirror YouTube ... -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: International Sovereign Bonds
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/26/2022)PARTLY TRUE: Every month we have to repay the loans that previous governments had obtained for various reasons. On ISBs, by 2015, we had only taken out USD 5 billion worth of them. During the time of the previous government, ... -
Kanchana Wijesekara: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk , 5/24/2022)TRUE: Fuel Price will be revised from 3am today. Fuel pricing formula that was approved by the cabinet was applied to revise the prices. Price revision includes all costs incurred in importing, unloading, distribution to ... -
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. -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/5/2022)TRUE: Foreign remittances increased during the first 5 months of 2021. It increased by USD 450Mn. However, it started to drop from the sixth month onwards… This January, it [remittances] reduced by 62%.– Anura Kumara ... -
Namal Rajapaksa: Chief Government Whip
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2022)BLATANTLY FALSE: If we are to convene parliament, the chief government whip and other key positions must be sworn in as cabinet ministers, if they are to remain in those positions. It was due to this that Hon. Johnston ... -
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, ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: Fuel price
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/10/2022)TRUE: The CPC incurs a loss of Rs. 19 from each 92-Octane Petrol litre…and a loss from a litre of diesel is Rs. 52…. The government levies Rs. 42 on a 92-Octane petrol litre…and Rs. 17 on a diesel litre. [The CPC’s loss ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: CBSL plan
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/7/2022)BLATANTLY FALSE: The Six-Month Road Map announced by Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) last year has proven to be a resounding success with expected inflows materialising. …..the envisaged inflows under the “Six-Month Road ... -
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Industrial GDP
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/31/2022)FALSE: Industrial sector is in a huge crisis at present, every government after 77’ is responsible for this.... The industrial sector which was at all times 54%, reduced to 27%. – Dayasiri Jayasekara, Ada Derana, 04 February 2022. -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2022)FALSE: Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that. – Ajith Nivad Cabraal, Bloomberg, 18 February 2022. -
Sarath Weerasekera: National Flag
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/24/2022)FALSE: No one will be allowed to distort & disrespect the national flag of our Motherland. Anyone found so shall be thoroughly investigated and charged accordingly under the provisions of our Penal Code.– Official twitter ... -
Bandula Gunawardana: Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/20/2022)FALSE: The debt stood at 2 trillion when Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country. It stood at 7 trillion at the time he handed over the country. The debt only rose by 5 trillion in [those] 10 years. [But] The debt stood ... -
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 -
Harsha de Silva: Inflation in Asia
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/3/2022)TRUE: We [Sri Lanka] have the highest inflation in Asia as of now. - Harsha de Silva, Ada Derana, 1 February 2022