Mahinda Rajapaksa
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
Partly True
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
Partly True
Prime Minister Rajapaksa: yields correct understanding on export agriculture
The revenue from export agricultural crops stood at Rs. 63,000 million in 2019. Within one year we have been able to increase it to Rs. 73,000 million.
Dinamina | March 3, 2021
Posted on: 19 March, 2021
True
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa fails to account for the accounting method
“…the budget deficit which my government brought down to 5.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, has increased to over 9.6 percent of the GDP by 2019…
2020 Appropriation Bill | November 13, 2020
Posted on: 19 November, 2020
False
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa: Missing facts on Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Act
In August of 2016, without even allowing for a parliamentary debate on the matter, the Yahapalana government forcibly enacted the Office on Missing Persons Act.
Aruna | June 29, 2020
Posted on: 9 September, 2020
False
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa: over-energetic on electricity access
We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country.
Divaina | June 24, 2020
Posted on: 16 July, 2020
Partly True
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa correct on the higher education of women.
Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent.
Divaina | September 2, 2019
Posted on: 20 December, 2019
True
MP Mahinda Rajapaksa miscalculates the increase in debt and its causes
"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
The Island | January 12, 2019
Posted on: 21 March, 2019
False
MP Mahinda Rajapaksa: Twice ‘FALSE’ on GDP growth
In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three.
TV Derana | November 25, 2018
Posted on: 10 December, 2018
False