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Government’s strength in parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in EnglishThis infographic shows how the government power changed after 43 MPs announced that they would act independently in the parliament. As of 5 April 2022, its strength is as follows: government 116, Independent 43 and opposition 65. Out of the 43 independent MPs, 3 were sworn in as state ministers (Suren Ragavan, Shantha Bandara and Gayeshan Nawananda), putting them back to the government camp. Thus, as of 18 April government strength slightly increased i.e. Government 119, Independent 40 and Opposition 65
දේශපාලන අර්බුදය, මහජන අරගලය සහ විරෝධතා
No full textThis entry includes 13 writeups and 13 infographics (both in Sinhala).Mirihana protest: During the month of April 2022, the protest which occurred in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence was covered in newspapers as follows; on April 1, 2022, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima, Aruna, Ada, Daily Mirror, The Island, Ceylon Today and The Morning reported it, while Dinamina and Daily News did not report on the protest.
Protest by University of Peradeniya Students: On April 03, 2022, while Sirasa, Hiru, Swarnavahini and Derana covered the protest in their headlines in a way that shows the gravity of it, headline of ITN implied that the university students protested for fun, while Rupavahini did not have a headline on it.
Protest in front of parliament: On April 6, 2022 Divaina, Aruna and Mawbima reported on the army motorbikes that came in the middle of a protest that was held in front of parliament from different angles. While Divaina highlighted that the combat riders were opposed by the police, Aruna highlighted that there would be investigations on the police officers who opposed the riders. Mawbima reported the news with ambiguity that unknown bikers without number plates caused tensions at the protest.
During the month of April 2022, Sunday Aruna, Silumina and Divaina criticised the protesters engaged in protests against government, claiming that they are English-speaking Colombo-based crowds, not the actual people affected by the economic crisis.
Chilaw protest: When two concurrent protests occurred in Chilaw, one in support of the government and one against the government, Derana, ITN, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported on both the protests. Rupavahini only covered the one that was in support of the government. Sirasa did not feature either in their 7 pm primetime news telecast.
Rambukkana protest and shooting: On April 20, 2022 Lankadeepa, Aruna, Divaina, Mawbima, Ada, Virakesari, Thinakkural, Thamilan, Daily Mirror, The Morning, Ceylon Today and The Island reported on the police opening fire on protesters at Rambukkana as the main headline on front page. Dinamina and Thinakaran did not report on the shooting or the death that occurred subsequently on that day. While it was not their lead news on front page, Daily News reported on the shooting and the death.
On April 21, 2022, Dinamina and Aruna editorials discussed the Rambukkana incident, where Dinamina spoke in favour of the government by condemning the protest, calling protesters 'rioters', Aruna condemned the violence and identified the victims as 'protesters'.
On April 21, 2022, Derana, Hiru, Swarnavahini, and Sirasa revealed the identity of the witnesses who testified in the shooting. Rupavahini and ITN did not feature any statement from the witnesses.
Using spike barriers to stop protesters: Sirasa, Derana and Hiru reported that barriers with spikes had been used to stop protesters in Colombo, while Rupavahini, ITN and Swarnavahini did not report on it.
Teachers-Principals strike: When reporting on the strike by the teachers and principals in headlines, Rupavahini and ITN condemned the teachers and principals for going on strike, while Derana, Swarnavahini, Hiru, Sirasa and Siyatha tried to give a full picture while being unbiased.
Islandwide labour unions' protest: Derana, Swarnavahini, Hiru and Siyatha covered the islandwide strike scheduled for April 28 in their headlines on April 27, 2022. Sirasa and Rupavahini did not have headlines on it. ITN did not report the news.
Front page headlines on the union actions of Dinamina sought to highlight the public inconvenience caused by it, while Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima, Aruna and Ada reported in neutrally.
On April 28, Sirasa, Derana, Swarnavahini, Hiru and Siyatha headlines spoke in support of the strike, ITN and Rupavahini highlighted that a number of government institutions did not join the protest and the essential services did not stop
Parliamentary report card: Naseer Ahamed– August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Naseer Ahamed (SLMC) in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (100/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (9) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Justice, Defense and Public Order, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs and Economy and Finance
P0052_Wijeyadasa R_Constitutional amendments
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: The executive presidential system can only be abolished by enacting a new constitution. This is because the president’s powers extend throughout the constitution. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Sunday Lankadeepa, 28 May 202
ගෘහස්ත හිංසනය පිළිබඳ ලිපියක් සමඟ උපකාරක අංක පළ කිරීම ප්රශංසනීයයි!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, an article published in Sunday Lankadeepa on domestic abuse carried helplines for persons experiencing such a situation to get help, which is in compliance with media ethical guidelines
Committee on Public Accounts: Members appointed in October 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic provides details on membership of COPA. It consists of 17 newly appointed MPs and 10 re-appointed MPs. There were 12 MPs who were not re-appointed
Cigarette Taxation Formula - The Cost of Forgetting
Get PDFThe research output for this was the publication of the insight on Daily mirror and the VR website. The insight consists of three pages. In addition an infographic summarizing the key findings was uploaded on the Public Finance Platform and on twitter. Sinhala version titled "දුම්වැටි බදු අයකිරීමේ සූත්රය අමතක වීමේ පිරිවැය" is also included in this entry.In 2019 the government took a step in the right direction by introducing an indexation policy where taxes on cigarettes was proposed to be adjusted in line with GDP and inflation. Previous insights show that the foregone revenue in 2020 due to the failure in implementing the policy amounts to 20 billion. This insight presents the calculation to identify the revenue consequences from 2021-2023 due to the continued failure to apply the proposed formula. The cumulative revenue foregone from 2020 to 2022 due to failure in implementing the formula properly amounts to LKR 85 BN. If the government rectifies the mistake and applies the formula correctly an extra revenue of LKR 45 BN could be earned in 2023.Team Initiativ
Members of the Committee on Public Finance: 2nd Session
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic provides details on membership of COPF. It consists of 4 newly appointed MPs and 17 re-appointed MPs. There were 4 MPs who were not re-appointed
State of emergency: Voting breakdown – 27 July 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThese set of infographics show how the MPs vote for the vote on state of emergency imposed by the newly appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe. 120 votes received in favour and 63 votes received against. 42 were absent or abstained. It also shows the details of MPs who voted in favour, against and MPs who abstained from voting
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 29 September 2022, Aruna published an article, which contained the ethical violation of discrimination against women by including an overly sexualized and sensational cartoon of a woman