[ad#200×200]19th Dec, Political analysts see the fuel controversy as a plot by the Sri Lanka main opposition party, UNP to deprive the government of its revenues and stop the on-going war effort against LTTE. A fuel shortage resulted in Sri Lanka due to the clash between the executive and judiciary branches of the government is spreading further. According to the reports from all over the country there is no fuel, especially petrol in any dealer station at the moment.
The fuel station owners have not ordered enough fuel stocks due to the confusion arose following the Supreme Court’s ruling to reduce the price of petrol and government’s refusal to do so, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation said.
However, the fuel delivering department of the CPC said that they have already delivered enough stocks island wide by last evening. The CPC hopes to deliver the fuel stocks even on Sunday to prevent the fuel shortage in the country.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the government to reduce the price of petrol to Rs. 100 per liter. But the Cabinet of Ministers yesterday decided not to change fuel prices after holding a special meeting on the issue saying that they did not receive any official order from the SC.
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