 Eran, Harsha request clarification In a letter to the Secretary General of Parliament, former Ministers Eran Wickramaratne and Harsha de Silva have revealed that the perimeter of the Parliament Complex is being guarded by the armed forces and questioned the Speaker on what necessitated such security arrangements. “With an islandwide curfew and a lockdown, we wanted to know what necessitated such security changes. What was the threat assessment? Was there a terrorist threat? We have not received any indication of a threat that necessitated a change of usual security arrangements,” they ask in a letter dated 24 April. The letter goes on to say that one organ of government must not be allowed to encroach on another. “It is the responsibility of all citizens and especially those paid out of the public purse to maintain peace and safeguard the separation of powers between the three organs of government, i.e. the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary, which are the essential components of a constitutional democracy. Sri Lanka has had a long tradition of safeguarding freedoms and protecting all three organs of government. We must ensure that no one organ of government is permitted to encroach into the preserve of any other organ of government,” the letter further read.