Tonight, from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m., let’s turn off the lights and protest! The battle starts with Maha Sangha! (VIDEO)

Dr. Omalpe Sobitha Thero is urging people to turn off the lights for 30 minutes today, from 6.30 to 7 p.m., in protest of the government’s attempt to raise the electricity bill.

He stated that the government’s repressive, unjust, and people-hating efforts should be defeated.