Vijitha Herath

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

According to the 2018 Central Bank Annual Report, when the total income was Rs. 1,920 billion, interest payments that year were Rs. 2,088 billion. There was a deficit of Rs. 168 billion.

Eran Wickramaratne

United National Party

Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product.

Ranjith Madduma Bandara

United National Party

Deaths reported as being due to drowning are about 800 annually.

Mangala Samaraweera

United National Party

…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 Lanka achieving a primary balance surplus for the first time in 60 years.

Ranil Wickremesinghe

Prime Minister

“To take part in a foreign armed uprising is not an offence here…. there is no law to prevent you from that.”

Thalatha Atukorale

United National Party

There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number are serving sentences that are less than two years.

Udaya Gammanpila

United People's Freedom Alliance

Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines. To maintain a prisoner, the government spends Rs. 671 per person per day. Accordingly, a person who is imprisoned for being unable to pay a fine of Rs. 100 will impose a monthly "fine" of over Rs. 20,000.

Maithripala Sirisena

President of Sri Lanka

Of [public sector employees], 70% are women.

John Amaratunga

United National Party

When he took office in 2015, there were 1.5 million tourist arrivals and in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million. Tourism revenue was USD 2.5 billion and reached USD 4.3 billion in the same time period.