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No police powers for armed forces
View(s):Police powers vested in the armed forces will cease, the Government has decided. The Government has allowed to lapse the Public Security Ordinance regulation that transferred police powers to the armed forces.
Minister and Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said the Government under its 100-day good governance programme had found it unnecessary to extend the regulation. He said the armed forces could be drawn back to maintain law and order in extreme instances where the police were unable to manage. “We will bring back the armed forces under the Prevention of Terrorism Act if the situation arises,” he said.