The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Hon. Ajith P. Perera questioned why the proposed amendments do not strengthen consumer rights, citizen protection, or safeguards for the national electricity system despite a presidential election pledge to empower the PUCSL to reduce system losses. He said consumers had suffered losses from a prior electricity-related incident and warned they could do so again. He asked why proposals submitted at the Sectoral Oversight Committee were omitted, reportedly due to Attorney General objections, and sought the Government’s policy on PUCSL powers and consumer protection.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, thank you. In your presidential election policy document, pledge 25 states that the PUCSL will act to minimize losses arising from technical and institutional management issues in the electricity system. Consumers suffered major losses due to that incident, and could again. Consumer rights must be strengthened by empowering the PUCSL and law. However, neither the original Bill nor the present amendments strengthen consumer rights, citizen protection or national system protection provisions. Proposals we presented at the Sectoral Oversight Committee are absent, reportedly due to AG’s objections as they weren’t in the original draft. Why treat consumer protection so lightly? Are you weakening the PUCSL and consumer rights? What is your policy?
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Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17075