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Election expenditure – Voting – Third reading
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.The third reading of election expenditure bill passed with a simple majority. These infographics show the MP voting counts by political party, the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs who were absent during the vote. 97 MPs voted in favour of the bill, while 36 voted against it and 91 MPs were absent
Ranasinghe Runout - Parliamentary Report cards: Roshan Ranasinghe, Harin Fernando and Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic was created as a detailed responsive post in-terms of the removal of SLPP MP Roshan Ranasinghe from his portfolios as Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, and Irrigation. This removal came after he replaced Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC) board with an interim committee and then his open criticism of the President in the parliament. After that, SJB MP Harin Fernando and SLPP MP Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi were appointed as the Minister of Sports and Youth affairs and Minister Irrigation respectively.
This report card shows the contributions of above three MPs in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to September 2023. This includes overall ranks, district ranks, attendance in parliament sittings, total number of productive interventions they made in parliament and topics which were discussed most by them in the parliament
Sri Lanka Falls Behind Least Developed Countries in Trade Facilitation: Here are Three Steps it Can Take to Reverse This Trend
Get PDF14p. The Background Notes of Verité Research Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group provide preliminary assessments, stating appropriate assumptions to overcome constraints in the availability of data. Members of the Group are Prof. Dileni Gunewardena, Prof. Mick Moore, Dr. Nishan de Mel, and Prof. Shanta Devarajan. Editorial support was provided by Hasna Munas and Nishan de Mel.This note compares progress made by Sri Lanka against its regional competitors, other developing and least developed countries in facilitating trade by making import and export procedures of the country efficient, less costly, and more transparent. The comparison is done by using the notifications on progress made by countries under the World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) as a yardstick. The analysis finds that Sri Lanka’s progress falls below not only its competitors and peers but also the least developed countries. Based on the findings, this note provides three lessons Sri Lanka can learn from the experience of others who performed better
හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තා කිරීමක් අවශ්ය ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 27 July 2023, Swarnavahini's reportage on a student who died in an accident used the term "මල් කැකුළක්" (Mal kakulak), which sensationalised the incident. On July 27 2023, Hiru reported the news ethically, avoiding sensational language like "මල් කැකුළක්" (Mal kakulak)
"සුද්දා", "සුද්දී": ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On April 17, 2023, two newspaper reports published in Aruna and Mawbima used derogatory terms "Sudda" and "Suddi" (සුද්දා, සුද්දී) in the heading to refer to foreigners based on their skin colour. Usage of such terms in media reporting can contribute towards the discrimination of foreign nationals. It should be noted that the same reports included the correct terminology "Brithanya tharuniya" and "wideshikayeku" (බ්රිතාන්ය තරුණිය, විදේශිකයෙකු) in the content
Verité Research Debt Update - May 2023
No full text14p. The Verité Research Debt Update provides a regular update for investors, policy makers and analysts, on the latest developments in this space together with commentary and analysis on Sri Lanka’s path to resolving its economic crisis since suspending debt repayment in April 2022. Contributions were given to this issue by Raj Prabu Rajakulendran and Harshana Wickramaarachchi.This issue provides coverage and analysis of the IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) and Sri Lanka’s progress on the 100 commitments outlined in the IMF program. The key developments identified were; 1) The IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA), which was made public only after 20th March 2023 projects a decline in debt to GDP from 128% of GDP in 2022 to 101.3% of GDP in 2028. In the DSA, the contribution to debt reduction is mainly through reducing the real cost of borrowing and through debt restructuring, rather than through the improvements to the net revenue of the government; 2) The IMF DSA projects that the effective interest rate will decline by 2.5 percentage points in absolute terms from 2022 to 2023 and stabilise later at less than 7%. This implies that the yield curve is projected to reduce rapidly and reach values at or around its 2019 levels by the end of 2023. The IMF does not provide guidance on the analytical basis for these optimistic expectations; 3) To mitigate the risk of this assumption in the IMF analysis being overoptimistic, Sri Lanka will need a much deeper reduction in outstanding debt, than would be benchmarked based on the present DSA. Alternatively, Sri Lanka will need to allow for higher levels of inflation than currently planned; and 4) The IMF program has 100 commitments at present. The progress on these is publicly trackable on an online platform maintained by Verité Research. By the end of April, Sri Lanka has recorded conscientious progress by completing 25. There are, however, at least 2 commitments that remain overdue. The success of 10 commitments cannot be ascertained by data in the public domain
Parliament Talks: Most Discussed Topics in Parliament from August 2020 to May 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic highlights the topics that are mainly discussed in 9th Parliament from August 2020 to May 2023. Economy and finance is the most discussed topic in the Parliament during the above-mentioned period of time whereas Reconciliation and Resettlement is the lowest discussed topic. The MP contribution towards Economy and finance and Reconciliation and resettlement are 31.7% and 0.1% respectively. According to the analysis, the total contribution for Economy and finance, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary affairs, and Justice, Defence and Public order outweigh the collective contribution of the bottom 12 topics. Further, the infographic shows top 3 MPs who contributed most to discuss each topic of Economy and finance, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary affairs, and Justice, Defence and Public order
Parliament Summary - July 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of parliament in July 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in July 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 68 written questions were asked but only 44 questions were answered. There was one motion at the adjournment time. 15 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 8 parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders were 12, 1 and 1 respectively. There were 3 questions by the Private notice at the parliament in July 2023. 67 Points of order were raised in total, and 62 points of order were ruled as technical points of order. Only 5 were ruled as disruptive points of order in the parliament during this month. 33 statements were considered as expunged statements at the parliament. Sajith Premadasa and S.M. Marikkar were the equally most responsible MPs for the expunged statements at the parliament in July 2023
බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාව හෙළිකිරීම, හැඟීම් කළඹවන සිරස්තල සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry has one write-up and one infographic in Sinhala.The article published in Dinamina on 21 July 2023, violated media ethical guidelines by revealing the identity of 16 year old students and using sensational headlines
COPF Appoints New Chairperson
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.On June 7, 2023, the parliament appointed SJB MP Harsha de Silva as the chairperson of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF). VR's Manthri Team analysed his performance in the parliament. The report card shows the contribution of MP Harsha de Silva (SJB) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to April 2023. This includes overall rank (30/225; 8/225), Colombo district rank (8/19; 5/19), attendance in parliament sittings (320/414; 230/256), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (246, 278) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e., Economy & Finance; Governance, Administration & Parliamentary Affairs; Trade & Industry. The infographic further highlights upon the role played by COPF, providing context relating to the appointment of a chairperson for the committee after a period of 3 months