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MP Abeysinghe flies too low on foreign departures
500 individuals from our country go abroad on a daily basis. In the recent past, between 180,000 and 200,000 individuals per month have gone abroad. The reason why they go abroad is because it’s difficult to live in this country.
Dinamina | December 21, 2023
Posted on: 14 March, 2024
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MP Weerawansa describes wealth inequality as income inequality
The wealthiest 1% in Sri Lanka enjoy 31% of the national income. Similarly, the 10% at the highest stratum of society, inclusive of that 1%, enjoy 64% of the national income […]. After that, the 50% at the bottom enjoy 4% of the national income.
Wimal Weerawansa's YouTube Channel | January 30, 2024
Posted on: 7 March, 2024
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CBSL Assistant Governor correctly cites flawed reserve reporting
[…] We've been able to build up reserves to 4.4 billion by the end of last year.
Central Bank of Sri Lanka YouTube Page | January 23, 2024
Posted on: 29 February, 2024
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MP Wickramaratne travels with some trouble on the SL passport
[The] Sri Lankan passport [is] …97th among global passports…What does it mean? It means that…you have access to 40 countries without a visa. Sri Lanka has very little access to other countries to get a visa on arrival. Among those countries are Pakistan, Singapore, and Dominica…
Eran Wickramaratne’s YouTube Page | December 8, 2023
Posted on: 22 February, 2024
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MP Rajapaksa misrepresents past reduction of debt burden
My government reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 90% at the end of 2005 to 69% at the end of 2014.
NewsFirst.lk | December 20, 2023
Posted on: 1 February, 2024
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MP Alawathuwala sheds light on the plight of food expenses
In 2019, the expenditure on the food of an individual living in Colombo or elsewhere in Sri Lanka was between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 6,500. By 2023, this has increased to between Rs.16,000 to Rs.17,000. That is, the expenditure has tripled.
NewsFirst | November 7, 2023
Posted on: 18 January, 2024
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MP Wickramaratne falls short on example of revenue falling short
The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at Rs.125 billion as of September [2023], compared to the required Rs. 214 billion.
Sunday Observer | November 5, 2023
Posted on: 12 January, 2024
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MP de Silva poor on the interpretation of the poor
The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when considering education, health, and the economy altogether, 12.5 million out of the 21 million in our country, [that is] more than 56%, can be categorised as poor.
Parliament of Sri Lanka | November 15, 2023
Posted on: 14 December, 2023
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MP Perera correct on industrial sector not so much on exports
…the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%.
Youtube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka | August 23, 2023
Posted on: 20 October, 2023
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MP Wickramaratne right on remittance reduction, but not up to date
If we look at remittances, the highest amount of remittances have been received in 2016, 2017, 2018. Thereafter, some arrived in 2020 and after that, it has declined steadily. Remittances peaked at around USD 7.2 billion […] Today, those remittances have dropped to USD 3.7 billion.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya Press Conference | August 28, 2023
Posted on: 12 October, 2023
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MP Dissanayake misdiagnoses the quality of SL’s health services
Even in the midst of all the shortcomings, it’s Sri Lanka that has the best health service in South Asia
The Life Traveler | July 19, 2023
Posted on: 7 September, 2023
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MP Hakeem a bit dubious on Sri Lanka’s very dubious record [on economic governance]
Come September, we will be the first Asian country to be subjected to IMF review of governance diagnostic. [...] In the meantime, even in the Geneva Resolution against Sri Lanka, they spoke about the need to address the economic crimes. For the first time in the history of Human Right Council in Geneva, a government was accused of economic crimes and that again become Sri Lanka. So therefore, we have this dubious” record [...]
Manthri.lk Watch | July 6, 2023
Posted on: 3 August, 2023
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Minister Fernando’s ‘Great Wall’ of expectations from Chinese tourists is too high
If each Chinese tourist spent $5,000 that could raise a figure comparable to the recent International Monetary Fund bailout…If you really look at it, tourism can get Sri Lanka out of this mess.
themorning.lk | May 23, 2023
Posted on: 13 July, 2023
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President Wickremesinghe mistakes decreased inflation as decreased prices
Inflation, which had skyrocketed to 70 percent, has now decreased to 25.2 percent, lightening the burden of daily life for all of us.
Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka | June 1, 2023
Posted on: 7 July, 2023
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MP Gammanpila right on the poor, wrong on the rich on electricity prices
From the very short period between last year's August and this year's March…the [electricity] bill increase [was]…1,138% for the poor man [a consumer who uses 30 units] and 160% for the rich man [a person using 180 units] …higher prices have been charged from the poor, and with the money obtained from the poor, the bills of the rich have been subsidised.
Official Facebook Page of Udaya Gammanpila | May 27, 2023
Posted on: 22 June, 2023
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State Minister Siyambalapitiya cherry picks to cheer fiscal stability
…we are coming step by step towards fiscal stability. Even the IMF calculated that for this first quarter, our primary account balance will be negative by Rs. 56 billion. But we have brought this quarter…to a positive Rs. 48 billion.
Parliament of Sri Lanka - Parliament Live - On-demand | May 25, 2023
Posted on: 15 June, 2023
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Minister Wijesekera claims low profits with unaccountable version of the fuel price formula
Fuel Cost Breakdown - Data for the formula from actual cost incurred during the immediate past 28 days period from 28th February - 28th March 2023….Price difference (between the formula base price per litre and current retail price per litre) Petrol-92 Rs.1.63…Lanka Auto Diesel Rs.0.04….
Official Twitter Page of Kanchana Wijesekera | March 30, 2023
Posted on: 6 April, 2023
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Patali -True on SL’s uneasy equilibrium, false on fuel bill savings
…the current normalcy in the country is at a low-level equilibrium. This is an uneasy equilibrium.... Our normal [monthly] fuel bill stood at US $ 550 million. It has now been cut down to US $ 200 million…
Daily Mirror | January 12, 2023
Posted on: 13 February, 2023
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Minister Wijesekera: Overstates one of the most pessimistic scenarios of the already overstated loss scenarios of the CEB
If we are in a situation where there is no rainfall, provided that we are able to obtain all the coal we need by April, we would be able to provide electricity all 24 hours of the day, without interruptions…That means, as a whole, our generation cost is Rs. 889 billion. From that, we receive only something like Rs. 400 billion.
Parliament Hansard | November 25, 2022
Posted on: 27 January, 2023
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State minister Siyambalapitiya fails on success of tax collection
We set a target to collect Rs. 915 billion in tax incomes through IRD in 2022. I’m delighted to say that we have been able to achieve 68.4% of this annual target at the end of September, which is in spite of the projected 8.2% contraction of GDP this year.
Daily Mirror | November 4, 2022
Posted on: 8 December, 2022
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AKD fumbles the numbers on higher malnutrition in Nuwara Eliya
…if you take Sri Lanka as a whole, the prevalence of low birthweight is 12.2% but if you take the Nuwara Eliya hill country community, it is 20%. Generally, in Sri Lanka, 7.4% of children below the age of 5 years suffer from wasting but among the hill country communities, it is 8.2%. Generally, at a national level, the prevalence of stunting is 8.2%; among the hill country communities, it is 17.4%...
Parliament live telecast | November 8, 2022
Posted on: 1 December, 2022
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Minister Pathirana: Numbers on malnutrition are under-nourished
Malnutrition, which stood at 27.4 percent in 2009, has dropped to 12.2 percent by 2021. This reflects a very clear development in our health sector.
Parliament Hansard | September 7, 2022
Posted on: 24 November, 2022
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MP Wickramaratne on SOE losses: right on gross not on net
There are around 430 SOEs. Of these…218 are companies....52 of these are considered to be strategically important SOEs. The loss of strategically important SOEs in 2021 has been LKR 286 billion. By Q2 of 2022…their losses were LKR 966 billion.
Official Facebook Page of the SJB | October 12, 2022
Posted on: 11 November, 2022
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MP Mahindananda misled by mislabelling in govt. reporting
In the year 2021, there are five hundred and seven thousand income files. Of this, 292,000 are individuals and 68,000 are companies
Parliament of Sri Lanka YouTube Channel | September 8, 2022
Posted on: 13 October, 2022
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Minister Gunawardana taxes the facts on problem of revenue
The total tax revenue collected by the government last year [2021] was LKR 1,298 billion. Of that, LKR 1,115 billion alone had to be used to pay the salaries and pensions of state sector employees. Therefore, only LKR 153 billion remained to be used for anything else.
Facebook Page of the Department of Government Information | August 23, 2022
Posted on: 6 October, 2022
Partly True
MP Wickramaratne a little bit over on inflation
Food inflation rose to 57 % from 46.6 % from last month to this month. Within one month, inflation – food inflation – has increased by more than 10%. Our inflation figures have not usually increased by 10% even over a year but today it has increased by that number within a month.
Lankadeepa | June 8, 2022
Posted on: 25 August, 2022
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Sabry over charges past governments on tax collections
It [tax revenue as a percentage of GDP] decreased over time, under all these governments [every government since 1981] and today it has collapsed to a value of 8.7%.
Asian Mirror YouTube channel | May 4, 2022
Posted on: 9 June, 2022
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President Rajapaksa cites misleading numbers on past borrowing
Every month we have to repay the loans that previous governments had obtained for various reasons. On ISBs, by 2015, we had only taken out USD 5 billion worth of them. During the time of the previous government, USD 15 billion worth of ISBs were taken out.
Headlinenews.lk | February 26, 2022
Posted on: 26 May, 2022
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MP Wanniarachchi gives herself undue credit on cost of electricity
In 2014… we did so much work and reduced the electricity bill by 25 per cent.
Daily News | March 14, 2022
Posted on: 19 May, 2022
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Minister Gunawardana misunderstands EDB figures as total exports
Sri Lanka increased exports by 23% amidst challenging environment faced both locally and globally. Total exports are USD 12.3 billion in 2020 and USD15.12 billion in 2021.
Official Facebook page of Bandula Gunawardena | January 28, 2022
Posted on: 3 February, 2022
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UNP Deputy Leader Wijewardena mostly wrong on Covid-19 death analysis
It is said that 10 patients are dying every hour. The rate at which patients are dying is 1.5%. Sri Lanka has become the country that reports the highest death rate in Asia due to COVID-19.
Aruna | August 12, 2021
Posted on: 23 September, 2021
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Minister Pathirana correct only on low diesel prices in Sri Lanka
When compared with the countries in the South Asian region, the fuel price of our country is still lower than that of the other countries in the region. Among the countries in this region, only Pakistan provides diesel at a price lower than Sri Lanka. It is only in Sri Lanka that petrol and...
Parliament Hansard | July 20, 2021
Posted on: 2 September, 2021
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Minister Gunawardena: right numbers but wrong conclusions on tax burden
The tax revenue in 2014 at the end of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government was Rs. 1,050 billion. Thereafter, its successor the Good Governance Government imposed tax rates to collect more than Rs. 1,700 billion a year, which was an excessive burden.The people were not taxed in this manner even...
Daily News | June 24, 2021
Posted on: 13 August, 2021
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake over-estimates money printing, on the face of it.
From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed.
Mawbima | May 3, 2021
Posted on: 25 June, 2021
Partly True
MP S.M. Marikkar forgets Afghanistan in comparing Sri Lanka’s vaccination performance
Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region.
Aruna | May 26, 2021
Posted on: 18 June, 2021
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Minister Alahapperuma: overstates forex earnings of Sri Lanka that can be credited to workforces dominated by women.
The largest foreign exchange earners contributing USD 7 billion to the economy of this country are the women of our country who perform drudgery in the Middle East. Number two is the apparel industry. USD 5.6 billion. In whose hands is it? In our sisters' hands. Number three, the tea economy...
Mawbima | March 8, 2021
Posted on: 7 May, 2021
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Minister Gunawardana: Partly lost on Sathosa losses
[Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019).
Daily News | March 10, 2021
Posted on: 9 April, 2021
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MP Cabraal: Not without fault on debt default claims
As of now (February 2021), the total ISBs outstanding is USD 14 billion, which is only 16.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s total debt. None of the other creditors who hold 83.3 percent of Sri Lanka’s debt seem to show any sign of concern or stress about its repayment ability. We have to repay only around US
Sunday Observer | February 28, 2021
Posted on: 26 March, 2021
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