10 June 2021 08:04 am
The Government’s move to amend the Ceylon Petroleum Act by breaking the CPC’s monopoly of refining, blending and transporting fuel in Sri Lanka, would pose a threat to national security, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday.
JVP MP Vijitha Herath told a news conference that the energy sector of a country is a part of its national security and allowing Companies to overpower the state owned entity was a serious matter.
“This would put our national security in danger. A company can stop the functioning a country. This is a serious situation,” he said.
The MP said even though Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila claimed that the Act was amended to bring in an investment of US $ 3 billion, the government had other motives.
“If the government really wants to bring in an investment,why is it in such a hurry to amend the Act. Even the feasibility study has not been done as yet.