Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has questioned why the government is allowing electricity tariff hikes, despite previously promising to reduce electricity costs by one-third.
Taking to ‘X’, MP Premadasa pointed out that before the election, the President vowed to slash every household’s electricity cost by one-third and to rewrite the IMF clause that keeps pushing prices up.
“Today, the PUCSL confirms a 15 % hike to satisfy that very same clause. This leadership claimed to be “above politics” and therefore asked to be trusted. The logic was to clean the system of corruption so these price hikes don’t have to happen,” he said.
Questioning why the government does not start with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), MP Premadasa also queried how the next tariff increase will be stopped.
“Explain why the 33 % cut vanished, why the IMF terms were never renegotiated, and how you will stop the next increase. We all know the CEB will never be touched, and the hikes will keep coming,” he said.
The Opposition Leader’s comments come after the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today announced that electricity tariffs have been increased by 15%.
Addressing the media, the PUCSL said that the revised electricity tariffs will come into effect from tomorrow (12 June). (Newswire)