INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando expressed his views on the recent proposal to increase electricity tariffs.Addressing Parliament a short
this evening (08 Dec), Fernando stated that although he understands the difficulties such an increase would bring about to those at the
bottom of the economic chain, it is time that both, politicians and the people, understand that such difficult decisions and sacrifices are
required to aid Sri Lanka out of its current crisis.Comparing the period in which Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera initially
He noted, however, that it was the QR code system, and other relevant measures, that reduced the lengthy queues.Similarly, the proposal to
not increased accordingly, we will have 08-hour long power cuts next year
changes accordingly, and that they too should understand the circumstances the country is currently facing.Emphasising that Sri Lankan
politicians have never made the necessary decisions at the required time and have only instead created divisions amongst each other, and
tenure to that of President Wickremesinghe, Fernando stated that Rajapaksa did not work according to a system, and made ad-hoc irrational
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