MP Withanage’s boast: right on reduced revenue targets
Especially, tax revenue increased by LKR 1,700 Bn in the first six months of 2024. That is a growth of 42.6%. We have been able to achieve a growth of 44.7% of the annual estimate. Also, non-tax revenue has increased by 30.4%. A target of 52.7% of the annual estimate has been reached.
| August 7, 2024
Posted on: 26 September, 2024
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Minister Sabry exposes anaemic export growth with imprecise numbers
In 1991, Bangladesh only exported goods worth roughly USD 2.2 Bn. Vietnam exported goods worth around USD 3 Bn. Sri Lanka exported goods worth around USD 2.8 Bn. Today, by 2024, Bangladesh’s exports have reached USD 87 Bn, Vietnam is exporting worth USD 464 billion, having built a large economy. In Sri Lanka, our exports are still worth [only] USD 16 Bn.
Parliament of Sri Lanka YouTube channel | June 7, 2024
Posted on: 13 September, 2024
Partly True
MP Ranawaka connects VAT concessions to lower govt. salaries
If the VAT concession had not been granted, the salaries of government employees could be raised by Rs. 30,000 per month. That is the truth.
Patali Champika Ranawaka’s Facebook | July 10, 2024
Posted on: 5 September, 2024
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AKD: not short on how remittances are preventing shortages
Even today, our country is running on the foreign currency sent by you [Sri Lankans living overseas]. […] our country has gas, fuel, and medicines, firstly because of the foreign exchange you all send, and secondly, because we are not repaying debt [at present].
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, AKD’s YouTube Page, | July 21, 2024
Posted on: 27 August, 2024
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MP Premadasa’s child poverty figures add up
According to international statistics 25 percent of children in Sri Lanka are suffering from child poverty. […] Statistics have shown that 42 percent of our country's children are suffering from multidimensional poverty.
Hiru News | July 22, 2024
Posted on: 15 August, 2024
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MP Alahapperuma ably presents past data on children with disabilities
The latest census indicates that 34 percent of school-age children with disabilities in this country do not receive even a basic education [...]. However, these statistics are from 2012, from the last census.
Parliament of Sri Lanka YouTube channel | June 5, 2024
Posted on: 8 August, 2024
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Fact-checking president’s fact-check on foreign loans
Our country’s total foreign debt is USD 37 billion. However, this person [the one who posted on social media] is citing a false figure... [He] claims that we obtained loans of up to [USD] 100 billion [from USD 71 billion] over the past two years. However, everyone knows that no country gave us loans after we declared our inability to repay our debt. No country has the legal right to provide loans to us... How can we obtain loans if no country is providing loans to us? Should I go and rob the Bank of England?
Parliament YouTube Page | July 2, 2024
Posted on: 1 August, 2024
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Former CBSL governor lies utterly in claiming an utter lie
That is an utter lie. […] The COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country by 2020 and the importation of vehicles was halted along with that. […] The country was under lockdown for six months and certain sectors collapsed as a result of it.
Aruna | May 27, 2024
Posted on: 29 July, 2024
Blatantly False
Minister Gunawardana lands on right conclusion with wrong logic and numbers
The foreign loans obtained to construct the expressways and have not been repaid yet amount to Rs. 800 billion. The annual profit [from expressways] is Rs. 5 billion. Even if we continue to earn a profit of Rs. 5 billion in this way, it will take us 160 years to repay this debt.
Bandula Gunawardana’s Facebook Account | April 8, 2024
Posted on: 18 July, 2024
Partly True
Former president in some difficulty on no difficulty on debt repayment
Our management of the economy resulted in an unbroken nine-year economic boom. We had no difficulty in paying off our debts […]
EconomyNext | May 12, 2024
Posted on: 11 July, 2024
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