📈 President Meets CEB Unions to Discuss Power Sector Restructuring

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) engineers’ trade unions yesterday at the Presidential Secretariat to outline the government's strategy for restructuring the state-owned utility. • Core Objectives: The restructuring aims to enhance efficiency, ensure energy security, and provide an uninterrupted electricity supply at fair prices. • Ownership & Rights: The President confirmed that the government will maintain ownership of the new entities established under the framework. He further assured that current employee rights and benefits will be protected. • Operational Reforms: The transition will address longstanding institutional issues. A formal mechanism was proposed to maintain dialogue between employees and management during the long-term reform process. • Stakeholder Alignment: Trade union representatives acknowledged the necessity of reforms and expressed a willingness to collaborate constructively with the government. • Key Participants: The meeting included Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody and Deputy Minister Arkam Ilyas, emphasizing a unified approach to transforming the power & energy sector. Based on official presidential communications (provisional reports).