Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kurunegala· 8 April 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Soldiers Recruitment Special Workwear (445/2025)

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Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara asked the Minister of Defence about tri-forces personnel recruited under special enlistment schemes and deployed in occupational roles. He sought details on their numbers, duties, privileges, and rules governing whether they may wear civilian clothes, workwear, or service uniforms, including who issues relevant instructions and whether institutional heads can require uniforms. He specifically raised the case of 43 Navy IT Division personnel reportedly instructed to wear uniforms and asked what attire they currently use for duty.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Defence:

¶ 02 SOLDIERS RECRUITED UNDER SPECIAL RECRUITMENTS: WORKWEAR AND DUTIES (445/2025)

¶ 03 (a) Is he aware that— (i) soldiers recruited to the tri-forces under Special Recruitments (enlisted) have been deployed to various occupational duties; (ii) they have been permitted to perform duties in civilian clothes or workwear without wearing service uniforms; and (iii) a problem has arisen as 43 Navy personnel in the IT Division have been instructed to wear uniforms?

¶ 04 (b) Will he state— (i) the number recruited under special recruitments and currently in service, separately; (ii) their duties and privileges, separately; (iii) whether they may wear service uniforms in addition to civilian clothes; (iv) if so, in what instances; (v) who issues instructions/circulars/orders applicable to them; (vi) whether the Head of Institution may require them to wear uniforms at his discretion; (vii) whether the personnel referred to in (a)(iii) perform duties in service uniform; and (viii) if not, whether they perform duties in civilian or workwear?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 ·No. 1747715041076408 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 April 2025. No. 1747715041076408. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15078