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MPs who voted for consecutive Constitutional Amendments
No full text19th amendment was passed with 214 votes in favour during the 7th Parliament and 20th and 22st passed during the current parliament (9th) with 156 and 173 in favour. This infographic only reflects on the MPs from the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.
This infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This set of infographics provides list of 18 MPs in the 9th parliament who voted in favour of all 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd amendments and 43 MPs in the 9th parliament who voted in favour of 19th, 20th and 22nd amendments
Most active MPs in parliament in June 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most active MPs in the 9th Parliament in June 2022. They are Ranil Wickremesinghe - UNP, Kanchana Wijesekera – SLPP, Sivagnanam Shritharan - ITAK, Manusha Nanayakkara – SJB and Susil Premajayantha - SLPP
පේරාදෙණිය රෝහලේ සැලසුම් කළ සැත්කම් ඇන හිටීම
No full textThis entry includes an infographic and a write-up (both in Sinhala)On 29 March 2022, Hiru, Swarnavahini, Sirasa, Derana, and Rupavahini reported on the surgeries halted at the Peradeniya General Hospital in their prime time news, while ITN did not report it in the prime time news. ITN hence did not engage in balanced reporting as it failed to report on an issue that is of national importance
Supplementary Estimate 2022: What it Entails and Its Impact on the Budget Balance
No full textThis entry contains 02 infographics available in English. They are also available on the Public Finance Platform.Supplementary Estimates are made when the government needs to spend money for which it has not received parliamentary approval. Such provisions are intended to be utilized for urgent and unforeseen expenditure. On 8th June 2022 parliament approved a supplementary estimate of Rs. 695 billion presented by the finance minister. It was presented with the intent to provide relief and additional funding in response to the adverse economic conditions. The breakdown of how the estimate will be utilized is depicted in Exhibit 1. The supplementary estimate will increase government expenditure by LKR 695 billion. The finance minister also revised the revenue estimation for 2022 from LKR 2,284 to LKR 1,600. Based on the increased expenditure and the current expected revenue, the budget deficit for 2022 increases to LKR 3,007 billion . This represents a 43% increase from the original estimated figure of LKR 1,628 billion ( Exhibit 2). Sources - Parliament of Sri Lanka, Parliament News 8th June 2022 available at : https://www.parliament.lk/news-en/view/2595. Speech delivered by the Prime Minister on the 16th of June 2022 available at : https://www.newswire.lk/2022/05/16/the-next-couple-of-months-will-be-the-most-difficult-ones-of-our-lives-special-statement-from-pm/
MPs Attendance in Parliament - March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic shows Sri Lankan MPs attendance in Parliament during the month of March 2022. Parliament was convened on the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th of March 2022. The infographic also highlights the following MPs with 0 attendance: Douglas Devananda (EPDP), Harin Fernando (SJB), Jayantha Weerasinghe (SLPP), Kumara Welgama (SJB) and Roshan Ranasinghe (SLPP)
Amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act to Include Competitive Bidding
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilOpposition MP Harsha de Silva (SJB) proposed an amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act during the committee stage of the bill. The amendment aims to implement competitive bidding process for procurement of electricity 10 MW. This set of infographics show how MPs vote on it. 51 MPs voted in favour of the amendment while 115 voted against it. 58 MPs abstained from voting
මෙරට 26 වැනි අග්රාමාත්යවරයා ලෙස පත්වූ රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ පිළිබඳ රූපවාහිනි මාධ්ය තුළ දැක්වූ අදහස්
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022 covered the news of the appointment of the 26th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe. Rupavahini only covered opinions of people who were in favour of the appointment, thus amounting to one-sided reporting. Swarnavahini, Hiru and Sirasa only featured opinions in opposition to the appointment, amounting to one-sided reporting. Derana, ITN and Siyatha featured both for and against opinions on the appoitment. Notably, only Derana featured a congratulatory message to the new PM
SLPP: Breakdown – 9th Parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in EnglishThis Infographic shows the composition of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in parliament as of 19 July 2020. It includes 114 MPs of the SLPP directly, 31 MPs of the coalition members of SLPP and 6 MPs of independent parties who openly support the SLPP
අරගලය සම්බන්ධ පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes five write-ups and five infographics (all in Sinhala).During the month of July 2022, several newspapers and tv primetime news telecasts covered the political crisis in Sri Lanka, where different media outlets adopted different framings and varied in their coverage of the ‘aragalaya’(struggle).
On July 09, Derana, Hiru, Rupavahini, Sirasa ,ITN, Swarnavahini and Siyatha featured the attacks on several journalists by the police in front of prime minister Wickremesinghe’s personal residence in their main headlines. Whilst Rupavahini, ITN, Siyatha and Swarnawahini mentioned that journalists from the Sirasa tv channel was attacked, Derana mentioned that a journalist from the Derana tv channel was attacked. Hiru and Sirasa did not mention the media outlets the relevant journalists worked for.
On July 11, two articles published in Aruna and Dinamina reported the torching of prime minister Wickremesinghe’s personal residence. Whilst Aruna depicted those responsible as people engaged in ‘aragalaya’ (struggle), Dinamina depicted them as ‘a group of gangsters’.
On July 12, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina, Ada, Divaina and Aruna featured extracts from the special statement by prime minister Wickremesinghe in their headlines. Whilst Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Divaina and Aruna featured his comments on the torching of his private residence in their headlines, Ada and Dinamina featured his comments on an all-party government.
On July 13 and 14, Ceylon Today, The Morning, Daily Mirror, Daily News, The Island, Aljazeera, CNN, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Ada and Aruna reported the news of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaving the country. Whilst Ceylon Today, Daily Mirror, Daily News, The Island, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima referred to his leaving as ‘taking refuge’, ‘a sojourn’ and ‘a leaving’, Aljazeera, CNN and Ada noted that he ‘fled’ the country. Aruna focused on the opposition he faced in Maldives in its headline.
On July 22, Derana, Hiru, ITN, Rupavahini, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha featured the removal of the protesters from Presidential Secretariat by the military in their main headlines. Whilst Swarnawahini, Siyatha, Hiru, Derana and ITN depicted those who were removed from the Secretariat as those who were engaged in the ‘aragalaya’ (struggle), Sirasa referred to them as the ‘public’ and Rupavahini depicted them as those who were engaged in an ‘unauthorised protest’. Siyatha portrayed the removal as a ‘savage attack’ against the ‘aragalaya’ (struggle) of love
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Industrial GDP
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: Industrial sector is in a huge crisis at present, every government after 77’ is responsible for this.... The industrial sector which was at all times 54%, reduced to 27%. – Dayasiri Jayasekara, Ada Derana, 04 February 2022