The Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that all public employees except the ones in essential services will be informed not to come to work tomorrow (20). He stated that this step will be taken to save fuel in the short term according to the current situation in the country.
Ashok Abeysinghe – “The GCE Ordinary Level examination will begin on Monday, Prime Minister. Those children have to be provided with a system to go to the examination centers by at least leaving the SLTB buses. Because those children are helpless because of this fuel problem.”
Prime Minister – I do not think the problem will be exacerbated by the availability of petrol and diesel by the weekend. We have fuel until mid-June. By then the examination will be over. We will ask employees not to come to work tomorrow other than the essential government services. Because we can save some fuel from there to do this weekend. Then the fuel problem will be solved. That’s why I tell those non-essential employees not to come tomorrow.”
The Prime Minister was responding to a question raised in Parliament today (19).