Reducing electricity tariffs by 20% will not solve the problem
April 30, 2013 12:40 pm
The President has advised
the Power and Energy Ministry to reduce the electricity tariff hike by 20%, the
UNP claims, adding that increasing the tariff by 100% and then reducing it by
20% will make not solve the problem.
UNP General Secretary
Tissa Attanayake stated that the President will announce tomorrow (May 1) at
the May Day rally that he has directed the Ministry to reduce the tariff
increase for bills under 150 units by 20%.
He said that the
President, without attending the cabinet meetings, will throw the cabinet into
the fire to score points with the public.
However, speaking at a
press conference held in Colombo today (April 30), MP Attanayake said that
increasing the tariff by 100% and then reducing it by 20% will not solve the
issue as a further 80% will continue to burden the people.
He also pointed out that Minister
Wimal Weerawansa will hold a separate rally tomorrow under the banner of the National
Freedom Front while he has also made it compulsory for the employees of the National
Housing Authority to participate in the rally.
Attanayake said that the
government is forcing state workers to join its various rallies, bring them for
the rallies in SLTB busses.
