Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne
Parliament was informed of a message from the President, dated 9 October 2025, issued under the Public Security Ordinance. The President stated that, under Section 12, all members of the Armed Forces had been called out to maintain public order in specified areas, and that Parliament was being notified in accordance with Sections 2(3) and 21(2) of the Ordinance.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 The Parliament met at 1.30 p.m.
¶ 02 Message from the President
¶ 03 Public Security Proclamation
¶ 04 The following message has been received by me from His Excellency the President:
¶ 05 Volume 322
¶ 06 President of Sri Lanka
¶ 07 My No.: PS/CSA/00/7/17//3/01
¶ 08 09 October 2025
¶ 09 Hon. I.W.M. Jagath Wickramaratne Speaker Parliament of Sri Lanka
¶ 10 Hon. Speaker,
¶ 11 In terms of the powers assigned to me by Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), having considered the necessity of maintaining public order, I have issued an Order calling out all members of the Armed Forces, as specified in Schedule I hereto, for the purpose of maintaining public order in the areas specified in Schedule II hereto.
¶ 12 Accordingly, in compliance with Section 2(3) which is required to be read with Section 21(2) of the aforesaid Ordinance, I hereby inform Parliament thereof.
¶ 13 Yours faithfully,
¶ 14 Anura Kumara Dissanayake President
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- Hansard, Friday, 7 November 2025 ·No. 22710 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Mr. Speaker - The Hon. (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 November 2025. No. 22710. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10188