Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe postponed a crucial meeting titled  ‘How to face energy crisis after 2018’ when he found that Power and Renewable Energy Minister Ranjith Siyabalapitiya was not present for the meeting at the Parliament Complex.

According to energy experts, the Premier, who is attempting to prevent the country from facing a power crisis, had told senior officials of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Lanka Electricity Company (LECO), energy sector regulator Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) and others that there is no point holding a discussion of this nature without the presence of the Minister in charge. READ MORE …