No discussion on splitting CEB into eight: Susil

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Refuting claims that the CEB would be divided into eight seperate entities, Leader of the House Susil Premajayantha said no discussion has taken place on such a matter within the government.

He told Parliament that no one should make assumptions based on media reports.

He said this in response to a remark made by Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella claiming that the government has no mandate to divide the CEB into eight sections as reported.

"Such a matter has not been discussed in the Cabinet. You cannot make assumptions that the CEB is to be divided into eight units, based on certain media reports," he said.

MP Kiriella said it was mentioned by Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara at a committee meeting which he attended recently.

Minister Premajayantha said Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara will make a statement in Parliament tomorrow on the claims with regard to electricity tarrif hike. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)

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Prasath Monday, 05 December 2022 03:12 PM

Divide ceb to 8 or even 28 but remember to privatise it because susils and kirialla's bills are paid by govt but we the public have to pay CEB bill that consists mostly of corruption and inefficiency from our own money.

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Lokka Monday, 05 December 2022 04:09 PM

Mr. Minister, we the consumers demand drastic changes in the CEB. This entity is another corrupt government institution. Past ministers made this a job bank to give employment to their catchers. For all the sins the consumers are paying a high price. Now the solution is to privatise this to run it efficiently.

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Prasath Monday, 05 December 2022 04:36 PM

As long as CEB is run by the govt it will keep making additional billions of losses, which will finally have to be borne by the common person. Just privatise CEB 100 % t9 see efficency and innovation, only then corruption can be reduced. CEB is a black hole for the tax payer

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