The National People’s Power (NPP) has won the presidential election, and social media is now flooded with posts targeting its leaders. Many of these posts involve misinformation or exaggerated claims aimed at discrediting NPP politicians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social Media Posts <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in the recent presidential election, a claim has gone viral on social media stating that National People\u2019s Power (NPP) MP Harini Amarasuriya admitted in an interview that they lack experience in building the country but will gain it in the future. The claim has sparked discussions, with some questioning the competence of the new leadership. We conducted an investigation to verify the accuracy of this claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The viral social media posts claim that Harini Amarasuriya said, \u201cWe don\u2019t have experience in building the country, but we will gain experience in the future.\u201d This has been interpreted as an admission of inexperience, suggesting that the NPP leadership is not equipped to govern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n FB<\/a> | Archived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We decided to do a fact check on this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fact-Check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We traced the origin of the viral claim to a brief conversation Harini Amarasuriya had with a foreign journalist(Sky News ) shortly after Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s presidential victory. The interview was widely circulated on platforms such as Sky News and the Daily Mirror online.Sky news report can be reached here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daily Mirror Footage is below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfAAnRRZDkOh1Pdl5BE3qI42cSgA9Wr0nPRhk_XF0gCDfdivByHBLLuxTBZ594R1m_GwSAcJw9L7KKwWsmiCiYs0AurTU677m7B35uwKvTgKiv5fiN-uKaiGS45EQQfuBCY0EBVuR5F6g1Po9nN_RR8s45U3FzxC-2yeesKDhtGv-TWbNMomgg?key=6hnMycoRQtm2g019LcYXyQ\")