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.

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.

Tilak Marapana

United National Party

Of the 71,172.56 acres of state-owned land occupied by the security forces, 63,257.48 acres were released between May 2009 and 12 March 2019. This is a release of 88.87% of the initially occupied land.

Mangala Samaraweera

United National Party

"During the past 2 months, the rupee has appreciated by 2.5%."

Harshana Rajakaruna

United National Party

As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken.

Rajitha Senaratne

United National Party

We have acted appropriately against the use of tobacco and imposed a 90% tax on tobacco in an attempt to reduce tobacco usage.

Sagala Ratnayake

United National Party

Last year the allocation for the education and health sectors in the country made up 25% of the total budget.