Dayasiri refutes CEB allegations of defaulted electricity bills

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Denying allegations that he had defaulted electricity bills amounting to more than Rs. 600, 000, former state minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said today that the utility bills he had received for his residence included outstanding against the previous occupants, former ministers Richard Pathirana and Athauda Senviratne.

He told Parliament that he had punctually settled his utility bills on time.

He said the electricity bill for his official residence was not even addressed to his name and that the Ceylon Electricity Board had failed to rectify it despite repeated requests.

He said his bill should have been paid by three ministries and that he had written to those ministries to settle them.

The MP said there are several ministers who had outstanding bills and that the CEB General Manager in Colombo does have a list of the defaulters and requested the Speaker to summon him to the Privileges Committee regarding the matter. (Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)

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Navin Friday, 07 October 2022 12:26 AM

He says he received formal notification only in September 2022, but the minister says that even as he had in fact been advised early as May 2022. That is a big gaps in the two statements that needs to be reconciled and bridged.

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Neville Jayakody Friday, 07 October 2022 04:40 AM

CEB take action, ball is on your court unless you are part of the fraud! You better recover all dues before you increase the charges!

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Demuni Uduwara Friday, 07 October 2022 05:49 AM

A forensic audit should be carried out as early as possible before imminent restructuring.

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Terrence Friday, 07 October 2022 08:25 AM

Are you not aware that at the time of transferring of ownership the new owner should ensure that the utilities are in his name with the previous electricity bill, water bill, street line certificate, taxes levied by the Provincial Council etc. cleared before taking possession upto the time of transfer don't talk like a novice misleading the public ?

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Justifying Aragalaya Friday, 07 October 2022 09:09 AM

Please add some more names to the list, because there are more to come. The public is really enjoying the stunts of all of the 225 plus politicians. Don't you see that you are justifying Aragalaya and more of it in the coming days? Thank you for spilling the beans.

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anil Friday, 07 October 2022 09:23 AM

So it looks like the ordinary citizens are paying inflated electricity bills to cover up the non payment by politicians

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Ram Friday, 07 October 2022 09:42 AM

Why tell all this now, few years after the bills became due. If you are honest you should have told when the bills were received and facilitated the collection of arrears. All politicians paly the same game and to avoid payment

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jo Friday, 07 October 2022 09:46 AM

This means that, this fraud is going on for generations.

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