Mahinda Rajapaksa

Leader of the Opposition

"In the past four years, the UNP-led government has borrowed the equivalent of 50% of the total national debt that was outstanding as at the end of December 2014 from the loans taken in the six decades after gaining independence in February 1948. Even though the UNP claims to be taking loans to repay the loans taken by my government, if the debt was being incurred only to pay off previous debts, the total outstanding debt in the country cannot increase."

Sisira Jayakody

United People's Freedom Alliance

We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship.

Mahinda Rajapaksa

Leader of the Opposition

In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three. In that period, the economic growth rate was 7.4%.

Anura Priyadharshana Yapa

United People's Freedom Alliance

When a mobile phone user in our country pays Rs. 5,000 [as the mobile phone bill], Rs. 1,600 of it goes towards paying taxes.

M.A. Sumanthiran

Tamil National Alliance

If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered.

Bandula Gunawardena

United People's Freedom Alliance

In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury Bond Scam Report. The TNA took up the position that it would be unfair to go ahead with the debate in the absence of Sinhala and Tamil translations of the report.

Maithripala Sirisena

President of Sri Lanka

Around 16 or 17 percent of Sri Lankans are undernourished.

Bandula Gunawardena

United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Member of Parliament

As a result of the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), nearly 4,000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the gazette notification 2069/2.

Sunil Handunnetti

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting.