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Krajcer: SaS Not Giving Up on Marijuana Decriminalisation This Term
Wednesday 18 August 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) - The co-governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party isn't giving up on its idea of pushing for the decriminalisation of marijuana by the end of this electoral term, Culture Minister Daniel Krajcer (SaS) told a press conference on Wednesday.
"Given the negative stance of the Christian Democrats (KDH) we had two options - to prevent this Government from being set up, thereby allowing Smer-SD to govern, or to back the creation of the current Cabinet that is promoting a greater amount of transparency," said the minister.
Krajcer said that SaS is delivering on its pre-election pledges and dismissed the Opposition's allegations that the very opposite is the case as lies. "Nearly 57 percent of our election programme is included in the Government Manifesto," he asserted.
The minister emphasised that a major promise to the party's voters - to refuse to provide a loan to Greece - has been observed. "I view the decision as the right one. There's no solidarity in the poor providing a loan to the rich," he stated.
Although the first 100 days of the new executive began only last week after the Government Manifesto was okayed by Parliament, specific measures have already been adopted. "We've done tangible things. Order has been brought to the Audio-visual Fund, we've all managed to save considerable funds. The activities of Defence Minister Lubomir Galko (SaS) actually needn't even be mentioned, and Labour Minister Jozef Mihal (also SaS) has tabled an important law that will enable the unemployed to engage more actively in anti-flood measures," he added.
Krajcer's party chief Richard Sulik, for his part, said that the Government is entitled to 100 days before its work is evaluated.
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