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Expenditure Proposals from the 2023 Budget
No full textThis infographic was released on the day of the 2023 Budget speech and posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.The infographics contain some of the key expenditure proposals presented in the 2023 Budget
E1459_Wickremesinghe R_Election costs
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.BLATANTLY FALSE: You cannot go for elections now. The economy is getting really bad. We have to stabilise the economy. The cost of the last election was Rs.10 billion. It will cost Rs.20 billion this time. A candidate will require Rs.25 million minimum for campaigning. We have 196 candidates to be elected plus 66 additional candidates who will be on the fray. That will come to about another Rs.30-40 billion. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Daily News, 8 May 202
සංවේදී ඡායාරූප පළ කිරීම සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 05 2022, Divaina published graphic and sensitive images of a dead body that was found floating in a river
Budget allocations 2023: Plantation
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the Plantation in the Budget 2023 and the extent to which this topic has been discussed in the Parliament. Since 2022, allocations for plantations (0.39%) have gradually declined in the past 2 budgeted expenditures. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Rohana Bandara and Janaka Wakkumbura were the MPs who contributed the most to this discussion
Female legislators in the 9th parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in EnglishThis infographic shows the percentage of gender representation (M = 94.7%; F = 5.3%) in the 9th parliament and also the percentage of productive contributions by gender (M = 95.9%; F = 4.0%). It also highlights the top female performers i.e. Rohini Kumari Wijerathna (1st) and Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi (2nd)
Most discussed topics in parliament in June 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in June 2022 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Ranil Wickremesinghe - UNP), Technology, Communications and Energy (Kanchana Wijesekara – SLPP), Health (Keheliya Rambukwella – SLPP), Education (Susil Premajayantha – SLPP), Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries (Mahinda Amaraweera – SLPP)
එක් පුවතක්, ගැටළු ගණනාවක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of January 2022, an article published in Sunday Divaina which contained the ethical violations of revealing the identity of minors, sensationalising sexual crimes, trivialising sexual crimes, using the word "keleseema" and not using a person first language with regard to persons with disabilities
අනවශ්ය බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 26 September 2022, Aruna published an article which contained the ethical violation of irrelevantly highlighting the physical appearance of a woman by using terms such as "roomath” (රූමත්) and “roomathiyata” (රූමතියට)
Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance an Election
No full textThis entry contains 01 infographic available in English. It is also available on the Public Finance Platform.The infographic depicts the cost of an election in comparison to selected spending decisions undertaken by the government in 2022.
In 2022 the government allocated LKR 19 billion for domestically funded defence projects and LKR 12 billion for a construction of defence headquarters. Allowances for public sector workers amounted to LKR 7.3 billion. All of which outweigh the cost to hold an election
MPs Attendance in Parliament - April 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilParliament was convened on the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22n, of April 2022. This infographic shows Sri Lankan MPs attendance in Parliament during this period