{"id":138498,"date":"2015-02-03T21:56:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=138498"},"modified":"2015-02-10T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T07:02:11","slug":"deja-vu-srisena-issues-an-order-calling-out-armed-forces-to-exercise-police-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/deja-vu-srisena-issues-an-order-calling-out-armed-forces-to-exercise-police-powers\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu: Srisena Issues An Order Calling Out Armed Forces To Exercise Police Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The new President Maithripala Sirisena has issued an order calling out the armed forces to exercise police powers under the pretext of public security.<\/p>\n<p>Issuing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1900_04-E.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Extraordinary&#8221; Gazette notification<\/span><\/a> yesterday (February 02) the President said; &#8220;By virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), I, Maithripala Sirisena, do by this order call out all the members of the Armed Forces specified in the First Schedule hereto, for the maintenance of public order in the areas specified in the Second Schedule hereto.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><strong>First Schedule<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithri-photo-credit-Newsfirstlk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-134787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithri-photo-credit-Newsfirstlk-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"SRI LANKA-ELECTION-OPPOSITION\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithri-photo-credit-Newsfirstlk-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Maithri-photo-credit-Newsfirstlk.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Sri Lanka Army<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The Sri Lanka Navy<\/p>\n<p>The Sri Lanka Air Force<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Colombo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TheAdministrative Districtof Gampaha<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Kalutara<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Kandy<\/p>\n<p>TheAdministrative District of Matale<\/p>\n<p>TheAdministrative Districtof NuwaraEliya<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>TheAdministrative District of Galle<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Matara<\/p>\n<p>TheAdministrative Districtof Hambantota<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Jaffna and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative Districtof Killinochchi<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Mannar and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Vavuniya<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Mullativu and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Batticaloa and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Ampara and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Trincomalee and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative Districtof Kurunegala<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Puttalam and the territorial waters adjacent to such District<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Anuradhapura<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Polonnaruwa<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Badulla<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Moneragala<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Ratnapura<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative District of Kegalle.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say this is against the\u00a0hope that we would return to civilian administration. This means he is of the opinion that circumstances endangering public security have arisen in all 25 districts, and that the police are inadequate to deal with that situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/candidate-nagamuwa-files-fr-against-mahinda-rajapaksa-for-abusing-powers-to-call-out-army-at-election-time\/\"><strong>Candidate Nagamuwa Files FR Against Mahinda Rajapaksa For Abusing Powers To Call Out Army At Election Time<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":134787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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