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MPs Attendance in Parliament - January 2024
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the parliament during the 6 sittings in January 2024. The infographic highlights main incidents (i.e. second reading of office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill passed - 9th January; Second reading of the Online Safety Bill passed - 24 January and Prorogation of the 4th session of the 9th Parliament - 26th January) took place in the parliament during 6 sittings in January 2024 as well it shows the 16 MPs with less than 25% attendance during these 6 sittings
වැරැදි පාරේ රස සොයාගෙන ගිය නැටුම් ගුරුවරයා වසර 20ක් හිරේ: බාලවයස් අපයෝජනයක් පිළිබඳ අනුමත කළ හැකි වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)On the 17th of July 2024, Divaina Sinhala newspaper violated media ethics by simplifying the sexual crime, as 'rasa soyagena giya' (රස සොයාගෙන ගිය) committed towards an underaged male student by his dancing teacher
දූෂිත කොන්ත්රාත්කරුවන් "බ්ලැක් ලිස්ට්" නොකරන එකම රට ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච් හෙළි කරයි = Sri Lanka is the only country not to "blacklist" corrupt contractors: Verité Research reveals
No full textpp. 5Lankadeepa page 5 feature of the Blacklisting press release sent out in November 2023. The corresponding research titled “Backwards in Blacklisting: Gaps in Sri Lanka’s Procurement Framework Enable Corruption” was conducted by Subhashini Abeysinghe, Bulani Weerawardane, Ishini Randeniya, Aarathi Sirinivasan, Mathisha Arangala and Jason Hingert from the Economics Team at Verite Research. This feature has been published in Sinhala
No Confidence Motion Against Speaker - Voting Breakdown
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On March 21, 2024, the No Confidence Motion brought against the Speaker of Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, was defeated, by a margin of 42 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs who were absent during the vote. 75 votes were cast in favour of the motion, while 117 votes were cast against it and 31 MPs were absent
Parliamentary report card: Chaminda Wijesiri – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to October 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On January 9, 2024, SJB MP Chaminda Wijesiri announced his resignation as a member of parliament. VR's Manthri Team analysed his performance in the parliament. The report card shows the contribution of MP Chaminda Wijesiri in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to October 2023. This includes overall rank (41/225; 13/225), Badulla district rank (1/8; 1/9), attendance in parliament sittings (360/414; 285/304), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (453, 528) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e., Economy and Finance; Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs; Technology, Communications and Energy; Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation
"කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල්කරණය පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතා වූ ආකාරය - 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දනයක්
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and two infographics (all in Sinhala).On 7th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the term "Kudda" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic highlights that, in 2023, Dinamina newspaper had the highest number of violations in this category, while Ada had no violations. Mawbima recorded the fewest violations in 2023. Dinamina, Lankadeepa, and Divaina recorded more violations in 2023 compared to 2022, whereas Mawbima and Aruna showed improvement with fewer violations in 2023 compared to the previous year. Ada newspaper had no violations in this category in both 2022 and 2023
IMF පළමු අදියරේ කැපවීම් 73කින් 60ක්ම ඉටු කරලා: වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච් කියයි = IMF first term commitments; 60 out of 73 were "met"
No full textFront page and page 2Divaina front page and page 2 feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This feature has been published in Sinhala. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research
Government introduces new expenditure and relief through supplementary budget
No full textThis IKR entry contains one infographic in English. This infographic has been published on the PFP website under the title 'Government introduces new expenditure and relief through supplementary budget' and can be accessed from the link below.On 05 December 2024, the government presented supplementary estimates totaling LKR 219.4 billion for the year, which was not included in the original 2024 budget. Supplementary allocations are typically introduced to address unforeseen emergency expenditures or to adjust the categorization of existing allocations. Despite this new spending, the government has assured that it remains within the expenditure and debt limits established in the 2024 Budget
Vote on Account 2025: Which ministries got the highest allocations?
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in English and Sinhala.On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account (VOA) without a vote, allocating funds for government spending in the first four months of the year.
The Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation has received the highest ministerial allocation of LKR 220 billion in the 2025 VOA, driven by significant capital expenditure amounting to LKR 203 billion. While in 2024, the largest allocation was for the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilisation, and National Policies receiving LKR 1,077 annually.
The top 8 ministries in the 2025 VOA collectively accounted for 92% of the total ministerial allocation, with the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, and Local Government receiving the second-highest allocation of LKR 196 billion. Other key ministries like the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (LKR 186 billion) and the Ministry of Health and Mass Media (LKR 162 billion) also received relatively substantial funding
20240807_P0118_FC_DullasAlahapperuma_PersonsWithDisabilities
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: The latest census indicates that 34 percent of school-age children with disabilities in this country do not receive even a basic education [...]. However, these statistics are from 2012, from the last census.
Dullas Alahapperuma, Parliament, 5 June 202