President instructs ‘A Nation United’ Nationwide Steering Council
President directs Ministry of Justice to formulate new legal guidelines aimed on the swift disposal of seized harmful medication.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasised that it’s important to focus equally on each the confiscation of unlawful medication and the rehabilitation of people who’ve developed an dependancy to them.
The President made these remarks this morning (25) through the second session of the ‘A Nation United’ Nationwide Steering Council, convened on the Presidential Secretariat, to get rid of the drug menace.
The President additionally identified that society possesses quite a lot of differing and sometimes opposing opinions in regards to the rehabilitation of people who’re hooked on medication. Subsequently, he emphasised the necessity to collect all these views and formulate a brand new, broadly acceptable plan of motion. Taking these viewpoints under consideration, the President burdened {that a} scientific, coordinated mechanism have to be developed by bringing collectively all related state and non-state establishments.
Consideration was additionally drawn to constructing a educated human useful resource pool devoted to rehabilitation actions.
The President instructed the Ministry of Justice to organize a brand new authorized framework by March subsequent 12 months to allow the instant destruction of seized medication on the location the place they’re confiscated. Work on this course of has already commenced based mostly on earlier directives and the President suggested that the duties be expedited, considering the issues mentioned at this time.
Beneath the proposed laws, a Justice of the Peace have to be summoned to the situation the place the medication are seized to conduct an inspection, adopted by the gathering of samples by a Authorities Analyst. Thereafter, the seized inventory could also be destroyed instantly.
The President additionally instructed that the recruitment of everlasting and short-term authorities analysts be expedited to fill present vacancies within the Authorities Analyst’s Division.
A nationwide consciousness programme on the ‘Stop – A Nation United’ initiative to fight the drug disaster is scheduled for December 6 and seven, overlaying all District and Divisional Secretariats.
The President additional directed officers to make sure that all authorities establishments are capable of certify themselves as drug-free and referred to as for needed administrative measures to be put in place to realize this goal.
The occasion was attended by Hindu, Catholic and Islamic spiritual leaders together with Ven. Kuppiyawatte Bodhananda Nayaka Thero, , Minister of Public Safety Ananda Wijepala, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Safety Ravi Seneviratne, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Sampath Thuyacontha, Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Ayesha Jinasena, Secretary to the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Cultural and Non secular Affairs W. P. Senadheera, Performing Inspector Basic of Police Sanjeewa Dharmaratne, authorities officers representing the ‘A Nation United’ Nationwide Steering Council, artists and representatives of civil society organizations.
