Electricity tariff increase is the beginning of the end for govt. - UNP
April 22, 2013 03:29 pm
Increasing the
electricity tariff is the beginning of the end for the Mahinda Rajapaksa
government while the Public Utilities Commission serves as a puppet, UNP MP
Gayantha Karunathilaka stated.
He said that the
president had increased the electricity tariffs and had hit hard at the
stomachs of the suffering public adding that the government promised to give
the people relief but have only succeeded in piling sorrow and pain on them.
The MP also criticized
the new Minister of Power and Energy Pavithra Wanniarachchi for the rise in
electricity tariffs.
He reminded the public
that they did not suffer like this during the UNP government and that the current
government was putting the burden of its own wastage and corruption upon the
helpless people.
MP Karunathilaka said
that the people used to flee the country because of terrorism but were now
leaving the island due to the rapidly increasing cost of living.
Speaking at a press
conference held today (April 22) he also highlighted that a litre of kerosene
was only priced Rs.30 when the UNP government was in power while it is not
Rs.130 per litre.
