My attention has been drawn to the notice by the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, signed by its Director General, Aruna Amarasekara, published in your newspaper recently under "PUBLIC HEARING ON TARIFF FOR CALLING PARTY PAYS SYSTEM".

From the contents of the notice itself, it is clear that the Commission is for the calling party pays system.

This hearing is being conducted pursuant to a court decision. Therefore, it must be conducted in an unbiased manner examining every aspect of the system.

The notice does not indicate who is sitting in the committee. If it consists entirely of the staff of the Commission, as was in previous public hearings or a vast majority of it are the staff of the Commission then the credibility of its findings are at stake.