(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued calling on the Armed Forces to maintain public order across the island.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the Gazette Notification by virtue of 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.
The Gazette also applies to Administrative Districts of Kandy, Matale, Nuwara Eliya, Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Badulla, Monaragala, Ratnapura, and Kegalle.
