PUCSL Chairman slams Minister Kanchana

 

Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake, has responded to the recent claims made by Energy and Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera pertaining to the removal of Ratnayake from his post.

Speaking at a special media briefing held Sunday evening (22 Jan.), Ratnayake slammed the minister, stating that Wijesekara himself must be removed from his ministerial portfolio, and that someone with a sound understanding of the country’s energy and power resources must be appointed instead.

He further noted that removing him as the Chairman of PUCSL would not be an easy task, as such removals call for tedious procedures. “I saw yesterday that the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said I should be removed from the Commission.