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JVP maintains red light for CEB reforms Plans to re-introduce the proposed bill on power sector reforms early next month in Parliament will be opposed by the JVP, if the government fails to drop some clauses relating to privatization, a JVP parliamentarian said yesterday. The bill which was due to be presented in Parliament last week was held back and is now likely to be presented on July 4. The presentation has been delayed due to opposition from the JVP. JVP Parliamentarian K D Lal Kantha said the exclusion of privatization was one of the demands put forward by the party. He said that at a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday, the party was given an assurance that a fresh bill would be presented excluding some of the clauses proposed by the former UNF government. Meanwhile the UNP’s Assistant General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said the party would take a stand after studying the fresh bill. He said the government must take a firm decision without acting according to the whims of the JVP. Essentially, the bill provides for public companies to manage the CEB in a bid to improve its efficiency and reduce staggering losses, Treasury officials say.
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