The Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa slammed the governments handling of the ongoing power crisis, highlighting the fragility of the national grid as the root cause of frequent outages.Posting on X (formerly Twitter), he criticized officials for deflecting blamefirst attributing power failures to monkeys and later to past administrationswhile ignoring the structural weaknesses in the countrys energy infrastructure.First, they blamed the monkeys.
Then, they blamed past governments.
But the real issue? A fragile grid that cant handle solar growth - low-demand periods.
Misinformation wont fix power outagesserious reforms will especially in the power sector.
A real system change starts with transparency, he said.The Opposition Leader emphasized that real systemic change must begin with transparency in policymaking and implementation.