The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Sajith Premadasa questioned the Government’s earlier assurance that electricity bills would be reduced by one-third, noting that the actual average reduction was only about 20 percent. He sought clarification from the Prime Minister on the promised change to the electricity tariff formula, and challenged the Power Minister’s statement that bills may rise in future. He argued that such uncertainty would burden consumers, ordinary people, and potential investors.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, Hon. Prime Minister, I wish to ask: you clearly said that an electricity bill of Rs. 9,000 would be reduced to Rs. 6,000, and a bill of Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 2,000—reducing by one-third. But after imposing pressure on the public, electricity bills have now been reduced on average only by 20 percent. Yesterday, the Minister of Power said bills will increase. I want clarification: you said you would change the tariff formula to make it more democratic. Then how is the Power Minister saying bills will increase by a certain percentage in the future? That is unfair. Please give me a minute. How will new investments come to this country? How will consumers face this? How will ordinary people face it?
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