Armed forces and police veterans group Patriot has labelled the deployment of military personnel this Sunday to help police enforce the movement control order as “hasty”.

“Patriot is of the opinion that the decision is hasty and premature at this moment.

“From the flurry of statements over the last few days, and even contradicting an earlier statement made by the chief of defence force (CDF), it appears that the defence minister is only too keen to deploy the military...