FactCheck: Recent submissions

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    • Sajith Premadasa: Government's tax revenue 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/4/2020)
      FALSE: In the first seven months of 2020, the government's tax revenue was reduced by 40.9 percent in comparison with that same period last year. - Sajith Premadasa. Divaina, 7 October 2020

    • Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)
      TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ...

    • Eran Wickramaratne: Foreign investment 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2/25/2021)
      TRUE: There has been a big outflow of foreign investment from the stock exchange. In terms of rupee value, Rs. 51 billion outflows was registered in the year 2020… - Eran Wickramaratne, Lanka Business Online, 18 January 2021

    • Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: Forest Cover 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2/5/2021)
      TRUE: Sri Lanka's forest cover is only 29.2 percent. - Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Lankadeepa, 9 December 2020

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Foreign Reserves 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/28/2021)
      TRUE: We had USD 8.2 billion in reserves… When the good governance government handed us the government, there was only USD 7.6 billion in reserves. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Mawbima, 7 January 2021

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Money Printing 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/21/2021)
      TRUE: Rs. 130 billion rupees has been printed from November 1 to December 1. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 11 December 2020

    • Ruwan Wijewardene: Health Allocations 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/7/2021)
      PARTLY TRUE: The amount allocated for the Health Ministry while this crisis is ongoing is Rs. 158 billion for 2021, that’s down Rs. 20 billion from 2019… You can see where the government’s priorities are. - Ruwan Wijewardene, ...

    • College of Community Physicians: COVID-19 Burials 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/14/2021)
      TRUE: WHO, CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had issued clear and extensive guidelines on handling dead bodies confirmed or suspected as having COVID-19… all these global pandemic control ...

    • G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
      TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ...

    • GL Peiris: 19A Dissolution 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)
      TRUE: Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th ...

    • Wimal Weerawansa: Net Export Earnings 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2020)
      FALSE: For the first time since the open economy was introduced in 1977 by J.R. Jayawardena, the country’s export earnings exceeded import expenditure. - Wimal Weerawansa, Mawbima,13/07/2020

    • Ali Sabry: IGP removal 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)
      FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution. - Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020

    • Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)
      Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ...

    • Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)
      In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka. - Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020

    • Prof. W.D. Lakshman: Banking Sector 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/30/2020)
      TRUE - The banking sector remains strong with total capital adequacy ratio above 16 per cent, net stable funding ratio above 130 per cent, liquidity coverage ratio above 175 per cent and statutory liquid asset ratio above ...

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Debt to GDP ratio 

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      FactCheck       (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, ...

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)
      TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020

    • Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)
      TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020

    • Gotabaya Rajapaksa: GDP growth 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/2/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: Prior to 2015, the economic growth rate was between 7% and 8%, but by 2019, it fell below 2%. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Divaina, 16 June 2020