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    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: All Party Convention statement 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/28/2022)
      FALSE: During 2015-2019, Sri Lanka’s economic growth had collapsed gradually from 7% to 2%. Although foreign debt increased by USD 15 billion, foreign reserves had reduced by USD 1 billion. – Ajith Nivard Cabraal, News19.lk, ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: CBSL plan 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/7/2022)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: The Six-Month Road Map announced by Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) last year has proven to be a resounding success with expected inflows materialising. …..the envisaged inflows under the “Six-Month Road ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: COVID-19 Expenditure 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/14/2021)
      FALSE:The Government has spent more than Rs. 700 billion on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and providing relief to people and that it is exactly half of the overall income of this country last year which was Rs. 1,380 ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Foreign Reserves 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/28/2021)
      TRUE: We had USD 8.2 billion in reserves… When the good governance government handed us the government, there was only USD 7.6 billion in reserves. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Mawbima, 7 January 2021

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: ISB debt 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/26/2021)
      PARTLY TRUE: 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 ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tax cuts 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-24)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: 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 ...

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tourism earnings 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2022)
      FALSE: Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that. – Ajith Nivad Cabraal, Bloomberg, 18 February 2022.

    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)
      TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021

    • Ali Sabry: Exports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-11)
      PARTLY TRUE: 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 ...

    • Ali Sabry: IGP removal 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)
      FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution. - Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020

    • Ali Sabry: Tax revenue 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk  , 6/9/2022)
      PARTLY TRUE: 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%. Mohamed Ali Sabry, Asian Mirror YouTube ...

    • Anupa Pasqual: University admission 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-04-24)
      FALSE: Only 40,000 of these 400,000 students [that enter Grade 1] are given the opportunity to go to university. 90% do not get into university and are left to drift aimlessly. Anupa Pasqual, Parliament of Sri Lanka ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Foreign remittances 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-21)
      TRUE: 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, ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Increase in debt during yahapaalanaya 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/7/2023)
      FALSE: When Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015, our debt was LKR 8.5 trillion […] In 2020, the country’s debt […] stood at LKR 15 trillion […] Approximately, Ranil’s five years put the country more in debt by LKR ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: IT professionals 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-23)
      PARTLY TRUE: Currently, there are 26 million software engineers in the world, but there are only 85,000 in Sri Lanka. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, JVP Sri Lanka YouTube Page, 13 August 2024

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Money Printing and Debt 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2021)
      PARTLY TRUE: From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Mawbima, 3 May 2021

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake - National Wealth 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 3/2/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: Today, 36% of our country’s national wealth is generated from the Western Province. The North Central Province’s contribution to our country’s national wealth is 5%. The contribution of the North Western ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 2/21/2019)
      TRUE: “They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food." - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 25 January 2019, Daily News

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Foreign debt payment 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 11/26/2020)
      TRUE: We have to pay close to USD 400 million a month in [foreign] debt. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Lankadeepa, 12 October 2020