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.

Nalinda Jayathissa

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The tea industry adds $1.5 billion to the economy of this country and the rubber industry adds $0.8 billion.

Maithripala Sirisena

President

The absolute poverty ratio of the country has been reported as 6.7%...

Rajitha Senaratne

United National Party

Within the world healthcare system, the fact that the best health service is provided by Cuba and Sri Lanka has been accepted by the World Health Organization.

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

“They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food."

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%.