Verité Research Institutional Knowledge Repository
Not a member yet
2571 research outputs found
Sort by
Parliament Summary - November 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of parliament in November 2022. There were 19 parliament sittings in November 2022. During the 19 parliament sittings, 37 written questions were asked but only 20 questions were answered. There were 7 motions at the adjournment time. Kapila Athukorala was the most contributed MP for the motions at the adjournment time. 20 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 19 parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders were 13, 4 and 2 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there was 1 Incorporation Bill whereas no Bills for the Public interest. There were 9 questions by the Private notice at the parliament in November 2022. 84 Point of orders were raised in total and 71 were ruled as technical point of orders whereas 13 were ruled as disruptive point of orders. 62 statements were considered as expunged statements and Mahindananda Aluthgamage was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the parliament in November 2022
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On December 4, 2023, during the 11th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe's speech
Unparliamentary Behaviour
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.On August 8, 2023, State Minister of Primary Industries Chamara Sampath Dasanayake was criticised by opposition MPs for using 'unparliamentary language' in parliament, while a group of students were also in attendance. VR's Manthri Team analysed his performance in the parliament. This report card shows the contribution of MP Chamara Sampath Dasanayake (SLPP) in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to June 2023. This includes overall rank (78/225), Badulla district rank (4/9), attendance in parliament sittings (235/272), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (88) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e., Economy and Finance; Trade and Industry; Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Foreign Affairs
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On December 7, 2023, during the 14th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Ali Sabry's speech
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes three write-ups and three infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala and English newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Daily News and Daily Mirror, published articles on various topics (i.e. Journalist falsely seeks Asylum, Masses given wrong image on PAYEE tax and Alien mothership lurking in our solar system) without verifying their sources. These articles were presented as confirmed news, even though they had not been verified by trustworthy sources. In contrast, foreign media typically include a disclaimer indicating their content has not been verified
Most discussed topics in parliament in June 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in June 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Ranjith Siyambalapitiya - SLPP), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary affairs (Chaminda Wijesiri-SJB), Trade and Industry (Ramesh Pathirana - SLPP) Justice, Defence and Public Order (Wijayadasa Rajapaksha - SLPP) and Natural Resources and Environment (Nalaka Bandara Kottegoda - SLPP)
20230621_P0070_FC_UdayaGammanpila_ElectricityBillIncrease
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: From the very short period between last year's August and this year's March…the [electricity] bill increase [was]…1,138% for the poor man [a consumer who uses 30 units] and 160% for the rich man [a person using 180 units] …higher prices have been charged from the poor, and with the money obtained from the poor, the bills of the rich have been subsidised.
Udaya Gammanpila, Official Facebook Page of Udaya Gammanpila , 27 May 202
20230314_FC_P0061_AnuraKumaraDissanayake_NationalWealth
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. PARTLY TRUE: Today, 36% of our country’s national wealth is generated from the Western Province. The North Central Province’s contribution to our country’s national wealth is 5%. The contribution of the North Western Province is 9%. The benefits of the economy flow to the people to the extent that they participate in the economy… The rural poor have not got a chance to join the economy.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Aruna, 26 January 202
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 05 2023 (Press Release)
No full textSyndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around one thousand people is taken into consideration. The Mood of the Nation poll is conducted periodically by Verité Research and is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses. The sample and methodology are designed to limit the maximum error margin to under 3% at a 95% confidence interval, which meets the gold standard of surveys. The Mood of the Nation survey is designed to assess the approval, satisfaction, and confidence of the nation in relation to the government, the country, and the economy. The poll is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses from 1,000 plus Sri Lankan adults. The poll is conducted as a part of the syndicated survey instrument by Verité Research and the polling partner was Vanguard Survey (Pvt) Ltd. This instrument also provides other organisations the opportunity to survey the sentiments of Sri Lanka
Large Scale Infrastructure, Small Scale Disclosure: Fertile Ground for Corruption
Get PDF3p. This article was published as an opinion column by the Daily Mirror in print and is available online at https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Large-scale-infrastructure-small-scale-disclosure-Fertile-ground-for-corruption/172-266315Large sums of money borrowed for large infrastructure projects is a key contributor to Sri Lanka’s Mountain of foreign debt, which the country is struggling to pay back. Lack of transparency, coupled with poor governance frameworks within which decisions are made about such projects, makes them highly vulnerable to corruption. To reduce such vulnerabilities, it is vital to enhance transparency of the decision-making process. This is why section 9(1)a of the Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016 is of particular importance in relation to infrastructure projects. Section 9(1)a, mandates the Minister responsible for implementing a project to proactively disclose – without waiting for a citizen to file a request – information relating to it, three months before commencement. Section 9(1)a is applicable to foreign-funded projects costing USD.100,000 or more and locally-funded projects costing Rs. 500,000 or more. The guidelines issued by the RTI Commission under Section 9(1)b of the RTI Act requires the information on large projects to be made available in Sinhala and Tamil, and for such information to be published in a digital electronic format on the ministry website. The list of information required to be disclosed is comprehensive. The list includes information such as project objectives, rationale, budget, whether a project has obtained necessary clearances (such as environmental clearances), information about the contractor, contracts signed, and whether it is a solicited or an unsolicited project. Verité Research’s assessment of government compliance with proactive disclosure requirements of section 9 is published in a trilingual dashboard named ‘Infrastructure Watch’, housed under publicfinance.lk platform. The dashboard tracked proactive disclosure of information online for 60 large-scale infrastructure projects in 2022 and 2023. The combined value of projects assessed in 2022 was slightly over LKR 1 trillion and in 2023 over LKR 2 trillion