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Parliamentary report card: Johnston Fernando – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Johnston Fernando (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to February 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (153/414; 138/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 65; 9th -708) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Trade and Industry, Labour and Employment, National Heritage, Media and Sports, Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation, Economy and Finance and Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
Changes in Tax Structure Leads to Shrinking Tax Base across Various Taxes
No full textThere are 3 IGs available in each English and SinhalaSri Lanka experienced a significant change in its tax system for the year 2020. These changes have led to a considerable shrinking in Sri Lanka’s tax base across various taxes. A narrow tax base increases tax administration costs and reduces revenue collection
Proposal to suspend standing orders defeated or the motion against the president deafeated?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (in Sinhala and English)On the proposal to suspend Parliament Standing Orders and debate motion against President, The Morning, Ceylon Today, Daily Mirror, and The Island correctly identified in their front page headlines that it was the proposal to suspend Parliament Standing Orders that got defeated, while Daily News carried a misleading front page headline by asserting that a motion against the president has got defeated in parliament
සංක්රාන්තික ෆෝබියාව කරා යා හැකි භාවාතිශය වාර්තාකරණයෙන් වළකිමු!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 11 September 2022, Sunday Mawbima published an article which contained the ethical violation of sensationalism and insensitive reporting when reporting on the death of a transsexual youth
අනවශ්ය බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On the 23rd of December 2022, Dinamina published an article, that contained the ethical violation of irrelevantly highlighting the physical appearance of women using terms such as "roomath (රූමත්)”
P0053_Maithripala S_Aragalaya
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: Irrespective of who is there [in positions of power], an unconstitutional event has already taken place in the country… The other thing is that none of the 225 MPs, the current president or prime minister can take the required decisions about the country. The public has rendered their power void… the public has come to Colombo and demonstrated the people’s sovereignty outside of the constitution and have declared that “it is we have who have the power now, not you”.– Maithripala Sirisena, Pathikada on Sirasa TV, 11 July 202
Relief Package: What it Entails and How Will it be Financed?
No full textThis infographic is available on the publicfinance.lk website at https://publicfinance.lk/en/topics/relief-package-what-it-entails-and-how-will-it-be-financed-1643707788In response to rising living cost with inflation rate of 12.1%1 in December 2021, the cabinet of ministers approved a relief package amounting to LKR 229 billion on the 3rd of January 2022. The following infographic depicts the proposals included in the relief package. In the face of Sri Lankas’ diminishing fiscal space, financing of such a package creates new challenges. The government has stated that the relief package will not be financed through new taxation measures but will seek to reallocate previously approved expenditure, which in turn would require a supplementary estimate to be approved by parliament. Based on the governments’ estimated revenue figure of LKR 2,321, the relief package would cost the equivalent of 10% of government revenue. However, Verite’s Public report on the 2022 budget highlights that the government has overestimated the revenue figure and Verité estimates the figure to amount LKR 1,900 billion. Which would imply that the relief package would account for 12% of government revenue. The relief package accounts for 6% of total estimated expenditure and 24% of total estimated capital expenditure. Provided that there is no increase in revenue and no reduction in approved expenditure, based on the government's budgeted figures for 2022, the budget deficit will increase to 9.7% of GDP from the initial estimate of 8.5 % of GDP if this relief package is included. However, due to the government's overestimation of revenue, Verité estimates the budget deficit for 2022 to be LKR 2,020 billion (10.9% of GDP) before accounting for the relief package. If the relief package is included, Verite estimates the budget deficit will increase to LKR 2,249 billion (12.1% of GDP). Any new expenditure that is not authorized in the 2022 budget will require a supplementary estimate which would need to be approved by parliament. However, in paragraph 5.4.4 of the 2022 budget speech, the finance minister states the following, “I also propose to include amendments to the Appropriation Bill preventing requests for Supplementary Estimates for 2022 by all Ministries”. Thereby the use of supplementary estimates will result in the government violating its own commitments
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes five write-ups and five infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of May 2022, several newspapers and tv news telecasts reported on suicide without adhering to media ethical guidelines on reporting on suicide.
When reporting on a father who had died by suicide due to economic hardships, Lankadeepa irrelevantly mentioned the method of suicide and did not run helplines.
Silumina and Sunday Mawbma that reported on a murder-suicide attempt sensationalised the incident by giving explicit descriptions of the event, giving prominence to a suicide news, and publishing pictures of the location of the suicide attempt. The news reports did not carry helplines either.
Divaina, Aruna and Mawbima reported on a death by suicide by an army soldier who was guarding a filling station. Despite the news being of public interest, the news report did not include helplines.
Mawbima ran three news reports on three different suicide news on the same day, where the method of suicide was irrelevantly included and helplines were not mentioned.
Derana and Aruna reported the story of an Indian person who took his life in Sri Lanka. The method of suicide was shown via CCTV footage, attributing to explicit details of the incident. The location of suicide was also shown. Helplines were not included in the news either
සංවේදී පුවත් සහ බාලවයස් දරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය: සහකම්පනය කොතැනක ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 26 September 2022, Dinamina published an article which contained the ethical violation of revealing the identity of a minor when reporting on the death of a woman while disclosing her daughter’s name and other sensitive information about her life
MPs Attendance in Parliament - May to July 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic shows Sri Lankan MPs attendance in Parliament during the months of May, June and July 2022. It also highlights the individual MPs (16) with less than 50% attendance during this period. They are R. Sampanthan (ITAK), Dilum Amunugama (SLPP), Kumara Welgama (SJB), S. Noharathalingam (ITAK), Seetha Arambepola (SLPP), Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda (SLPP), Nipuna Ranawaka (SLPP), Palani Thigambaram (ITAK), Tiran Alles (SLPP), Wimalaweera Dissanayake (SLPP), Janaka Bandara Thennakoon (SLPP), Johnston Fernando (SLPP), Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi (SLPP), Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLPP), Rishad Bathiudeen (SJB) and Sarathi Dushmantha (SLPP)