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The
Sri Lanka Army will not get involved in
security activities in the North provincial council election to be held in this September, unless a request is made by the Police said Military Spokesman
Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya. He further added that the military will in no way
be directly involved in civilian activities. The separatist ideology is still
alive both here and abroad. There are several organizations overtly propagating
the separatist ideology and carrying out activities aimed at creating a
separate state in Sri Lanka and they will try to do everything possible to
reignite conflict in the North. Such reigniting of conflict will not help the
democratization process of the North.
Therefore,
the military's presence in the North will be helpful to ensure that peace and
stability remains so that civil authorities can conduct the elections and
politicians can conduct their political campaigns in a free and fair manner, According to Wanigasuriya, the army will not
provide security or be connected with any of the activities pertaining to the
elections unless the Police make a request from any of the three armed forces
like anywhere else in the country.
