VIDEO: Substandard fuel ordered for ‘fake emergency’
July 1, 2011 04:00 pm
Reports that Petroleum Industries Minister, Susil Premajayantha had ordered an emergency shipment of fuel are a complete fabrication, says the JVP who claim that the shipment was actually ordered in May.
By the time complaints regarding the substandard petrol started coming in nearly 17,000 out of the 20,000 metric tons of the petrol had already been distributed, Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated.
Minister Susil Premajayantha is now claiming that additional fuel was needed urgently due to the Poson Festival and therefore the fuel was purchased in a hastily. This is a complete lie, the JVP Parliamentarian accused.
Speaking during a press conference today (July 01) he revealed that the need for fuel had been informed in the first week of the month of May and that the purchase had been made by creating a fake emergency situation.
By the time complaints regarding the substandard petrol started coming in nearly 17,000 out of the 20,000 metric tons of the petrol had already been distributed, Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated.
Minister Susil Premajayantha is now claiming that additional fuel was needed urgently due to the Poson Festival and therefore the fuel was purchased in a hastily. This is a complete lie, the JVP Parliamentarian accused.
Speaking during a press conference today (July 01) he revealed that the need for fuel had been informed in the first week of the month of May and that the purchase had been made by creating a fake emergency situation.
