Salome Zurabishvili welcomes Government’s decision to withdraw cannabis cultivation bill

13:07, 03.11.2018

“I am glad that we came to this common conclusion because such an issue should not be solved without the involvement of the public and Patriarchate – presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili wrote on her Facebook page.

“The Government’s decision to withdraw cannabis bill, which was shared with the Patriarchate, responds to the mood and expectation of the society. This is what I’ve heard from people, everywhere during my three-month campaign in all regions of Georgia … I am glad that we came to this common conclusion because such an issue should not be solved without the involvement of the public and Patriarchate,” Zurabishvili writes.

On November 2, Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the Government of Georgia will withdraw the draft bill on the cultivation of medical cannabis and its production for export from the parliament. Kobakhidze made the statement after his meeting with Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and members of the Holy Synod.

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