MARGAO
Asserting that the government will soon put up the file to legalize cannabis cultivation for Cabinet approval, Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai has said the year 2020 has been not only a year of bad luck but Chief Minister Pramod Sawant made it a year of bad leadership as well.
Sardesai also hit out at the Law Minister Nilesh Cabral’s and sought to know his justification for permitting cannabis cultivation within the state. “The GFP has filed a request under the Right to Information Act to have the ‘file’ for the purpose inspected and its detail and information publicly released,” he added.
The Fatorda MLA raised a series of questions demanding the people’s right to know “who suggested the idea to legalize cannabis cultivation ad who in Goa stands to benefit from it? While asserting the government isn’t giving the people a clear answer to its intentions, he pointed out that the government is moving and passing anti-Goan proposals in a hush-hush and secretive manner without any consultations or discussions with the general public.
On the government’s claim of cannabis being used for medical treatment, the GFP chief questioned the Law Minister and the CM’s credibility on medicinal understanding pointing out that the CM is a doctor of alternative medicine and not allopathy.
Saying that the CM will make Goa a laughing stock globally, he questioned whether he or his Law Minister is aware of the concept of informed consent that is an important aspect of pharmacological law.
