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General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Matale District
No full textThis infographic is available only in English.This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Matale district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 17,123, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 2,201 votes, and the New Democratic Front (NDF) with 954 votes. The total number of valid votes cast was 21,515, while 785 votes were classified as "sleeping votes.
Economic Transformation Act (ETA) sets a primary balance target of 2.3% of GDP: Sri Lanka has achieved this target only once in last 74 years
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.The Economic Transformation Act (ETA), enacted recently, sets out five targets related to the fiscal management of the government to be achieved in the coming years. , These targets, mentioned below, are aimed at ensuring fiscal discipline and preventing the recurrence of an economic crisis.
A Primary Balance Target: Section 4(g) of the ETA mentions the Primary Balance is to be maintained at 2.3% of GDP until 2032 and 2% of GDP after 2032. (The primary balance is the difference between a government's revenues and its non-interest expenditures).
Government Revenue Target: Section 4(h) states that Government revenue should reach at least 15% of GDP beyond the year 2027.
Government Debt Restructuring Targets: Section 3(1)(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) specify that the Public Debt to GDP ratio should be below 95% by the year 2032 and thereafter. The Central Government Annual Gross Financing Needs to GDP ratio shall be below 13% by 2032. The Central Government Annual Debt Service in Foreign Currency to GDP ratio shall be below 4.5% by 2027 and thereafter.
Starting from 2025, the Minister assigned the subject of Economic Policy shall present a policy framework and strategies to implement these targets. Additionally, an annual report must be presented to Parliament by 31 March each year detailing the measures being taken towards achieving the targets. If targets are not met, the report must include remedial measures and a timeline for achieving the targets.
However, the Primary Balance target of 2-2.3% is set at a higher level that is unprecedented in Sri Lanka’s actual record. In the past 74 years, this target was met only once, in 1955, when the primary balance reached 2.8% of the GDP. The government achieved a positive balance only six times in the past: in 1954, 1955, 1992, 2017, 2018, and most recently in 2023.
In the past, there was a similar limit in the Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act (FMRA), No. 3 of 2003 that prohibited the budget deficit from exceeding 5% of GDP from 2006 onward. Yet, the government failed to achieve this limit in all the years. See our blog about Non-Compliance with the FMRA Has Been a Demonstration of Irresponsibility.
Therefore, an introduction of such a target, which was rarely achieved in the past raises the question of whether the government can achieve this target to restore fiscal discipline, or would it be another limit that is breached similar to the FMRA limit
Inside the Chamber - The Mace - A Symbol of Authority
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic provides insight into mace in parliament, which is the symbol of authority in the Chamber. The infographic explains about the origin and the importance of the mace. Further, the last slide of the infographic briefs about the Serjeant - At - Arms the custodian of the mace
පුවත් වාර්තාවන්හි ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාව ඉස්මතු කොට දැක්වූ අවස්ථා; 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and two infographics (all in Sinhala).On February 9th 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring charts that compare the instances of women being highlighted in a negative context in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic highlights that, in 2022, Divaina newspaper had the highest number of violations in this category while Ada reported the lowest number of violations. In 2023, Dinamina newspaper recorded the highest number of violations in this category, while Divaina newspaper had the fewest violations. Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Mawbima and Ada recorded more violations in 2023 compared to 2022, whereas Divaina showed improvement with fewer violations in 2023 compared to the previous year
73 பொறுப்புகளில், 60 "சந்திக்கப்பட்டன" - வெரைட் ரிசர்ச் டிராக்கர் கூறுகிறார் = Out of 73 commitments, 60 were "met" - Verite Research tracker says
No full text3pVirakesari page 03 (29 January 2024) feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This feature has been published in Tamil. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Researc
"සුද්දන්" ද? විදේශිකයන් ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 28, 2023, Dinamina reported that a group of foreign nationals had an accident while visiting Sinharaja Forest. The headline used the derogatory term "සුද්දන්ගේ" (Suddange) to refer to foreigners based on skin colour, while the article itself used the appropriate term "wideshikayan" (විදේශිකයන්). Media is discouraged from using such derogatory language to refer to foreign nationals, as it can contribute to discrimination
මිහිමිත් ප්රජාව අවමානයට හා කොන් කිරීමට ලක් කෙරෙන යෙදුම් භාවිතා නොකරමු!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 11, 2024, the Lankadeepa newspaper, and on June 10, 2024, the Aruna newspaper, reported an incident in which members of the “Little People of Sri Lanka Association” conducted a vehicle washing program on the road in front of the Mount Lavinia Cemetery on June 8, 2024. The Lankadeepa headline used the derogatory term “Miti Minissu” (මිටි මිනිස්සු) in its headline, which may contribute to the marginalisation of people with dwarfism and is considered unethical. However, Aruna used the appropriate term “Punchi Minisun” (පුංචි මිනිසුන්) to refer to them. The media is advised to maintain neutrality in their reporting and avoid using language that negatively highlights disabilities or promotes marginalisation
ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර සරසවියේ සිසුවෙක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 25, 2024, Dinamina and Ada newspapers reported on the suicide of a University of Sri Jayewardenepura student. Dinamina published the story without mentioning any helplines and described both the suicide method and part of a note written beforehand, violating media ethical guidelines. In contrast, Ada newspaper included helplines and withheld these details which is commendable
මැතිවරණ වසර දෙකකට කල් දැමීමට රංගේ බණ්ඩාර කළ යෝජනාවට එල්ල වූ විරෝධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔහු යළිත් මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී රාත්රී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 03, 2024, the General Secretary of the United National Party, Range Bandara, held a media briefing at Sirikotha, the party headquarters, regarding the proposed postponement of the presidential and general elections by two years. This infographic illustrates how Swarnavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Siyatha, Hiru, ITN and Rupavahini television channels reported the key points from the briefing in their prime-time Sinhala news bulletins on the same day
මුදල් ගෙවා පළ කළ දැන්වීමක් ද?
No full textThis entry includes one write-up and two infographics related to an election campaign advertisement (all are in Sinhala).On July 28, 2024, Irida Lankadeepa, and on July 29, 2024, Lankadeepa and Ada, published an election campaign advertisement with the headline “Janadhipathi Ranil Thamai.” Lankadeepa and Ada allocated a small section on the front page and clearly identified it as an advertisement. However, Irida Lankadeepa published it in a large section of the front page without indicating it was an advertisement. This is misleading reporting and violates media ethical standards