COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa urged the entire government to resign as opposed to the ruling party calling on its own minister to step down over the fuel price hike.
“The SLPP General Secretary has made a disgraceful attempt to place the blame on one person for the decision made to further inconvenience the people,” stressed the Opposition Leader in a statement.
He said the statement by the SLPP General Secretary is amusing to the fact that it appears the SLPP General Secretary is unaware that it is his own party that is ruling the country.
He called on the government to resign and hand over the task of building the country to a more capable group.
Earlier in the day, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said that the Minister of Energy must step down from his post over the increase in fuel prices.
Issuing a statement the General Secretary of SLPP MP Sagara Kariyawasam said that the subject minister must take complete responsibility for pushing the people into more difficulties with a fuel price hike amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
“ The hat government has been put into a difficult position of increasing the fuel prices by the subject minister due to his failure to make the necessary decisions by realizing that such a situation could arise,” the statement said.
Kariyawasam said that they have a suspicion as to whether this situation was created on purpose to create displeasure among the public regarding the leaders who are committed to the development of the country amidst various challenges.
Thereby, the subject minister is directly responsible for this situation and should take responsibility and resign from his post, SLPP said.
