Government Should Focus on Protecting National Assets – JVP

JVP Leader Anura Dissanayake while speaking at a media briefing in Pelawatte, said that instead of trying to please China and India, the government should focus on protecting national assets like Trincomalee and the Hambantota Oil Tank Farms.

He  also justified the indefinite strike launched by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Trade Union Collective.

He pointed out that due to the leasing out of the Oil Tank Farm to India, the income of the CPC will reduce drastically.

“The CPC has the capacity of managing both, Hambantota and Trincomalee, Oil Tank Farms. Even in a situation as such, the government is ignoring the tender which the CPC legally obtained. Therefore, we urge the government to give a fair solution to the CPC employees and solve the issue,” he concluded.