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Incidents of Violence - Parliamentary report cards: Uddika Premarathne and Selvarajah Kajendran
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic was created as a response to the two attacks against AITC MP Selvarajah Kajendran and SLPP MP Uddika Premarathne. This infographic shows the contribution of both MPs in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to July 2023. This includes overall ranks, district ranks, attendance in parliament sittings, total number of productive interventions they made in 9th parliament. These two MPs have contributed most to discuss about Rights and Representation, Economy and Finance, Urban Planning, infrastructure and Transportation, National Heritage, Media and Sports, Justice, Defense and Public Order
අඟුරුවාතොට මරණය: "රූමත්" හෝ "හැඩකාර" බව අදාළ වන්නේද?
No full textThis entry has one infographic and one write-up (both in Sinhala).On 23rd and 24th July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Aruna, Sathi Aga Aruna, Divaina and Lankadeepa reported on the death of a mother and her baby. The papers referred to the mother's appearance by using words such as "රූමත්" (roomath) and "හැඩකාර" (haedakaara)
Absent Legislators: Where have all the MPs gone?
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic shows the absenteeism of MPs during 8 major votes taken by division in the parliament from January 2023 to July 2023. According to the analysis, on average 39.3% of MPs were absent when the votes were taken by division. There are 4 MPs who were absent for all the 8 votes. i.e., Tissa Vitharana (SLPP), C.V. Wigneswaran (TMTK), Dharmalingam Sithadthan (ITAK) and Govindan Karunakaram (ITAK) whereas 11 MPs were present for all the 8 votes
Only 11 out of 52 SOEs have Published Financial Data up to 2022!
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in all three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.Out of the 52 Key State-Owned Enterprises identified by the Ministry of Finance, only 11 have released their financial reports until the year 2022 as of June 30th, 2023. This progress does not align with Sri Lanka’s commitment to the IMF to ensure the publication of financial reports for all 52 key SOEs by the end of June 2023 as a part of its most recent program. The publication of financial information plays a crucial role in enhancing the transparency and accountability of State-Owned Enterprises
හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
No full textThis entry has one write-up and one infographic (all in Sinhala).On 24 July 2023, Sinhala newspapers published articles on an incident in Vavuniya where a group of masked persons attacked a home and set in on fire, which resulted in the death of a female. The newspapers Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Ada, Aruna had published images of the deceased female. Mawbima had gone a step further by including a picture which depicts the group of thugs who had killed the woman after setting the house on fire. Such reportage has been driven by a need to sensationalise the news story
Sri Lanka met 41 IMF commitments and failed 11 by end-October
No full textThese infographics were posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.Sri Lanka verifiably met 41 of the 73 trackable commitments that were due for completion by end-October 2023 in its ongoing programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to the latest update from ‘IMF Tracker’ of Verité Research.
The number of not met commitments was 11 and the status of 21 other commitments were ‘unknown’.
For comparison, by end-September Sri Lanka had verifiably met 40 of the 71 trackable commitments that were due for completion, with 10 ‘not met’ commitments and 21 unknown commitments
නිරවද්ය පුවත් සහ මූලාශ්ර භාවිතය පිළිබඳව උපදෙස් කිහිපයක්
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).Here are 7 guidelines to follow when publishing sources and reporting accurate and reliable information. The guidelines encourages journalists to be truthful and publish sources and report reliable information. Further, it guides individuals when reporting with anonymous sources
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Technology and Investment Promotion
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On December 12, 2023, during the 18th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Technology and Ministry of Investment Promotion were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from President Ranil Wickramasinghe's speech in his capacity as the minister of technology and minister of Investment Promotion too
The Problem with Procurement
No full textThese infographics were posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.Sri Lanka’s 2023 IMF Programme includes a commitment to disclose public procurement contracts through an online fiscal transparency platform. The online transparency platform was to be operational by March 2023, but the platform was not established by the 31st of March and the commitment was thus not met.
Regulation 20 and Section 9 of the RTI Act and its guidelines of the Right to information Act No.12 of 2016, which has been in effect since 2017, requires the government to proactively disclose information relating to projects, including procurement and contract information. Verite Research's Infrastructure Watch dashboard assessed 60 infrastructure projects worth LKR 2.54 trillion for compliance with proactive disclosure requirements of Section 9 of the RTI Act. Disclosure for procurement and contract related information was found to be alarmingly low
20230719_P0074_FC_RanjithSiyabalapitiya_VehicleImports
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: ...within that period [2015-2020], we have brought 2,498,714 vehicles...worth Rs. 1,331.51 billion...We have taxed [them to the value of] 991.12 billion.
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, YouTube Page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 09 June 202