Take all necessary steps to ensure the security of the entire country to conduct the upcoming presidential election without any hindrance – State Minister of Defence informs the Defence Chiefs in the Parliament
- State Minister commends the contribution of security forces in stabilizing the country by re-affirming national security and rule of law in the last two years.
As the upcoming presidential election has been announced by the Election Commission, State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon today (26) instructed the security chiefs to take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the presidential candidates, citizens and the entire country during this election period.
The state minister gave the following instructions when the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Defence met in Parliament this morning (26). Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera and a group of high-level officers of the three-armed forces as well as the heads of the Ministry of Defence and the departments under the ministry were called to this committee meeting.
The state minister requested that all these activities be carried out in accordance with the Constitution and the protection of the human rights of the citizens. He further stated that during the most difficult period of the last two years, serious decisions had to be taken as a ministry and during that time, the country was able to be stabilized by re-affirming national security and the rule of law.
Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, who expressed his gratitude on behalf of the Hon. President to all the parties dedicated to this, advised the Ministry of Defence and all the institutions under the ministry to carry out their work properly in future.
Matters related to the further strengthening of the armed forces as well as the matters presented by the Members of Parliament related to the Ministry of Defence were also discussed in this committee meeting.
A group of members including committee members Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera and Hon. Mujibur Rahman also participated in this meeting.
