Gazette on maintaining public order issued

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification directing the military to maintain public order in the country with effect from today.

According to the gazette, all the members of the armed forces including the Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force were advised to maintain public order in all administrative districts and the territorial water adjacent to such districts.

The order was extended for a period of one month with effect from today.

After the Emergency Regulations were lifted, former President Maithripala Sirisena issued the initial Gazette and it has been extended every month in accordance with the powers vested with the president 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 and the administrative districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Monaragala, Ratnapura and Kegalle. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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Sri Lankan Wednesday, 22 January 2020 07:25 PM

Please issue an URGENT and EXTRA, EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE to safe guard citizens from HARM and DEATH from SOLDIERS.

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Brin payhmaperuma Wednesday, 22 January 2020 08:37 PM

Bravo presidrnt GR good move

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Sisil Sudesh Wednesday, 22 January 2020 09:11 PM

Don't see the necessity to have an island-wide presence of the military. It was justified during Christmas season fearing a repetition of Easter style attacks. Let us return to normalcy. After all, the fact of President having drastically cut down his personal security is a sign that there is littel security threat.

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