Asks police, security forces not to carry out orders from the top  

By Yohan Perera   

Samagi Jana Balaweguaya (SJB) yesterday said its entire party machinery will come to Colombo today and lay siege to the Presidential Secretariat.   

“We will gather at the Fort Railway station and will march towards the President’s House later and remain there till the President steps down,” SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said. Two other MPs Rajitha Senaratne and MujiburRahman also attended the same press conference.   

“We call all people to violate any curfew situation in such an eventuality and join in the final battle to grab power,” the MPs said. 

“We also urge security forces and the police not to follow orders given by the top and join in the uprising,” Mr. Madduma Bandara said.   

He said top brass of the government had ordered the relevant institutions to stop the distribution of fuel in order to prevent the people from coming to the capital today. “There is a move to stop railway transportation though an act of sabotage,” he said.   

“Parliament will be convened if the President leaves today to choose a successor,” he also said.   
The SJB also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. 

• SJB also called for the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe