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Asia Democracy Research Network: Promoting Democracy through Direct Public Engagement: The Sri Lankan Experience
No full text10p.This report uncovers that Sri Lanka operates under a semi-presidential system, with formalized tools for direct democracy like referendums, private members bills, public petitions, and parliamentary questions. However, the study asserts that these mechanisms are currently ineffective and insufficiently utilized. The study highlights key issues, including the limitation of referendums to national matters, the heavy reliance on the president and parliament members for direct democratic tools, and the lack of institutional mechanisms for government accountability. To tackle these problems, the authors propose specific solutions. They suggest a revised referendum system that allows citizen-proposed and local-level initiatives, along with a framework requiring parliamentary follow-through in certain situations. Furthermore, they stress the need for increased monitoring to assess the usage of existing direct democratic mechanisms. Implementing these measures can strengthen Sri Lanka's direct democracy and promote more meaningful citizen participation in governance
P0039_Bandula G_Total Exports
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact checkPARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka increased exports by 23% amidst challenging environment faced both locally and globally. Total exports are USD 12.3 billion in 2020 and USD15.12 billion in 2021. - Bandula Gunawardane, Official Facebook page of Bandula Gunawardane, 28 January 202
ප්රේමය ද? ප්රචණ්ඩත්වය ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 18 September 2022, Sunday Mawbima published an article which contained the ethical violation of trivialisation when reporting on a case of violence against women and kidnapping as an act of passion
Budget allocations 2023: Religion and Culture
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the Religion and Culture in the Budget 2023 and the extent to which this topic has been discussed in Parliament. Allocation for the Religion and Culture (0.22%) sector ranks last out of 10 key sectors. Vidura Wickramanayaka, Buddhika Pathirana and Sivagnanam Shritharan were the MPs who contributed the most to this discussion
Shaping and influencing public discourse on public policy: Role of think tanks and research organizations (Presentation)
No full text25 slides. This was presented to Griffith UniversityThink tanks and research organizations have a role in shaping and influencing public discourse on public policy. The objective of this presentation is to introduce Verité Research, their research products and the impact of their research products in shaping and influencing public policy
Budget 2022 - Most discussed topics during budget sittings: November - December 2021
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic shows the most discussed topics during the budget 2022 sittings in November and December 2021. The topics and the top contributing MPs to those were: Economy and Finance – Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation – Chamal Rajapaksa (SLPP), Justice, Defence and Public Order – Sarath Fonseka (SJB), Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries – Mahindananda Aluthgamage (SLPP) and Education – Susil Premajayantha (SLPP)
පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 28 2022, an article published in Aruna newspaper used the term “disabled”, thereby discriminating them. A similar article in Dinamina used the reference“people with disabilities” instead, thereby using person-first language as per media ethical guidelines
ආර්ථික අර්බුදය පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
No full textThis entry includes four write-ups and four infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of May 2022, several tv primetime news telecasts covered the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, where different channels adopted different framings and varied in their coverage of the fuel crisis and the inflation.
On May 02, Derana, Hiru, ITN, Rupavahini, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha featured the lengthening fuel queues and the ending of the fuel bowser owners' protest in their main headlines. Whilst Sirasa, Derana, and Siyatha mentioned both the negative and positive aspects - lengthening fuel queues and the calling off of the strike, Swarnavahini, ITN, and Rupavahini only covered the positive aspect by mentioning only the calling off of the strike. Thus the latter three did not allow the viewer to get the full comprehension of the ongoing situation. Hiru headlines mentioned that the bowser owners had stopped the strike and that the fuel distribution resumed amongst attacks on them by the people.
On May 19, Derana, Hiru, Rupavahini, Sirasa, Swarnavahini and Siyatha featured the news of the price of a loaf of bread being increased by Rs. 30. However, ITN did not give coverage to the news on that day, thus failing report on a news of national importance.
On May 23, Derana, Hiru, Sirasa and Swarnavhini reported that an infant had died due not being hospitalised on time to receive treatment, owing to the fuel crisis. ITN, Rupavahini, and Siyatha did not cover the news.
On May 26, Swarnavahini headlines mentioned that the fuel queues around the country have not reduced. By contrast, Derana and Rupavahini headlines reported that a reduction, a shortening of fuel queues could be observed. Hiru, ITN, Siyatha and Sirasa did not feature the news in their headlines
Where does the time go?
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThe parliament of Sri Lanka sat four times between 17 May 2022 and 20 May 2022. This set of infographics show how parliament’s time was spent based on the videos of the parliamentary sittings held on 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of May 2022. Of the 27 hours and 46 minutes spent in parliament, 45% was spent on discussing attacks on May 9th while 34% was on the economic crisis. 10% was spent on other matters i.e. election of the deputy speaker (8%) and motion against the President (3%). It also shows how each party spent time discussing the May 9th attacks and the economic crisis
The Candidates for the Seat of the President of Sri Lanka
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThese infographics show the profiles of four presidential candidates (i.e. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Dullas Alahapperuma) including their age, current designation, preferential votes received 2020 election, their terms in parliament. It also highlights their voting on the four most recent constitutional amendments i.e. 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th amendments