The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Kumara Jayakody responded to claims about the 9 February power cutoff, stating that he was at the Presidential Secretariat for a special Cabinet meeting until noon and later at the Pelawatte System Control Centre until the system was stabilized, with CCTV available to verify this. He also clarified that the CEB media release of 18 February described a system-wide failure triggered by a disturbance but was not a detailed technical report, and he disputed any claim that it ruled out the involvement of a monkey, stating that videos could be provided if required.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chair, the Hon. Member made certain claims. On the February 9th cutoff event, I was at the Presidential Secretariat for a special Cabinet meeting till noon, and later at the System Control Centre at Pelawatte until about 3.30–3.45 p.m., until the system was stabilized. CCTV will confirm.
¶ 02 Regarding the CEB media report of 18 February 2025, it states: “A system-wide failure was triggered by a disturbance…” A media release is not the same as a detailed technical report. It does not say there was no monkey; videos exist to the contrary. If needed, I can provide them.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 March 2025. No. 1742268353096939. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18363