Gazette issued keeping military on alert to maintain law and order

23 Nov, 2019

A gazette notice has been issued keeping the military on alert to maintain law and order.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued the gazette notice under the Public Security Ordinance.

Following the lifting of the State of Emergency after the Easter Sunday attacks then President Maithripala Sirisena had also issued a similar gazette notice and re-issued it every month.

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