Its chairman, Nalinda Ilangakoon says that the Ceylon Electricity Board has not suspended the power cut. He says that the board has not agreed to suspend the power cut. The chairman, who says that 410 crore rupees are needed to buy fuel to suspend the power cut until the end of the A-level examination, says that he did not announce that the power cut will be suspended.
The chairman said that there was no power cut during the afternoon of the exam and if there was a power cut in any area, it was another fault and the power cut will continue at night. He says that electricity cannot be supplied without fuel, so if the Petroleum Corporation agreed to supply fuel, fuel should be supplied and the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka should inform the Electricity Board about it.
Acknowledging that the officials of the Electricity Board also participated in the discussion held at the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, the Chairman stated that the officials had not agreed that the electricity would not be cut there.
