Calling Armed Forces to maintain public order Gazette re-issued to be effective from May 22

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has re-issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring all members of the Armed Forces to maintain public order in the country with effect from May 22.   

Earlier, the President has issued the Gazette by virtue of the powers vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40). 

 
Accordingly, the Army, Navy and the Air Force have been called out for the maintenance of public order in the Administrative Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Jaffna, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Puttalam and the territorial water adjacent to such Districts, Administrative Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Moneragala, Ratnapura, Kegalle. 

• Earlier, the President has issued the Gazette by virtue of the powers  vested in him by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance