The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka have opposed the abolition of the Public Utilities Commission.
In a joint statement, the LSSP and the CP have said that the Commission was established by the Parliament Act No. 35 of 2002 and “no institution outside Parliament has the power to abolish an institution established by an Act of Parliament, and that this can only be done by Parliament itself.”
The Joint Statement, signed by LSSP General Secretary Prof. Tissa Vitarana, and General Secretary of the CP Dr. G. Weerasinghe, said: The Lanka Sama Samaja Party and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka are objecting the decision to abolish the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.
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