January 02, Colombo (LNW): The Ceylon Electricity Workers’ Union has reportedly declared its intention to initiate a three-day protest starting tomorrow (03) against the proposed Bill aimed at restructuring the state-owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
The protesters’ primary demand during the protest would be the immediate withdrawal of the Bill by the Minister of Power and Energy, Ranjan Jayalal, Chief Secretary of the union, emphasised.
He expressed concerns about the potential repercussions of the proposed restructuring, asserting that Minister Kanchana Wijesekara wants to sell this off together with the President and warning that the CEB workers will go for a massive strike action, were the bill to be passed arbitrarily in Parliament.
Simultaneously, Ratna Gamage, the national organiser of the All-Ceylon Fisheries Federation, voiced concerns about the new Fisheries Act, highlighting the crisis it has brought upon their industry.
