RW issues Gazette calling Armed Forces to maintain public order

An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe calling upon the Armed Forces to maintain public order across the country with effect from March 22.

The President issued the Notice 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, Mullaithivu, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Puttalam and the territorial waters adjacent to such Districts, Administrative Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Moneragala, Ratnapura and Kegalle. (Dareshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya)