PRESS RELEASE
THE SECURITY SECTOR NOTES WITH CONCERN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE DISMISSAL OF THE ERSTWHILE VICE PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT WHILE WE ARE IN A DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION WHICH PERMITS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION OF OPINION, THOSE WHO MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE DISMISSAL MUST DO SO WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE LAW AND NOT RESORT TO ABROGATING PUBLIC ORDER. THE ISSUE NOW BEING AT THE SUPREME COURT, THE HIGHEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE LAND, THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO PATIENTLY AWAIT ITS VERDICT, RESPECT IT WHEN IT IS ISSUED AND REFRAIN FROM ANY ACTS THAT MAY UNDERMINE THE CURRENT PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND THE GENERAL PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE COUNTRY.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS ASSURED OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE SECURITY SECTOR TO MAINTAIN A CLIMATE OF PEACE AND SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
SIGNED:
ISMAIL SHERIFF TARASHID TARAWALI
NATIONAL SECURITY COORDINATOR
DATED: 24TH MARCH 2015
