Give US$ 2 bn fuel profit to masses now - UNP
Former Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the Government to use the US$ 2 billion profit it made from fuel sales when the global crude oil prices were low in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic for the people’s benefit.
He called on the government to implement a voucher system for citizens over 18 to purchase fuel or medicine using the US$ 2 billion profit.
He expressed these views at a virtual discussion held with party seniors yesterday morning.
Wickremesinghe said the price of crude oil in the world market has been declining day by day since the onset of the corona pandemic and this lasted until last May. Wickremesinghe said that the price of crude oil in the world market has not yet reached the level it was in 2019 when the former government was in power.
He said the government had earned US$ 2 billion from fuel sales when it was able to the purchase a barrel of crude oil on the world market for $ 30 in the recent past. Wickremesinghe also pointed out that the present government has increased fuel prices to the level it was before 2015.
source http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/06/18/political/251912/give-us-2-bn-fuel-profit-masses-now-unp
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