Weerawansa short-circuits himself on the electricity hike and meal reduction
This 15% hike in the electricity bill is happening in a country where 24.5% [of the population], that is one-fourth, are mired in poverty, and where 51% satisfy themselves by eating just two meals per day. [...] When this hike in the electricity bill has that kind of an impact […] The 51% who have two meals per day will turn into 51% who have just one meal per day.
Wimal Weerawansa YouTube Page | June 26, 2025
Posted on: 31 July, 2025
Blatantly False
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
True
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
Partly True