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STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER DR. THE HON. TIMOTHY HARRIS TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
ON THE PROPOSED CANNABIS BILL, 2019 AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING THERETO

MAY 9^TH, 2019

Mr. Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to address this august National Assembly on yet another crucial matter reflecting our progress in properly putting the necessary elements in place for our people to harness the benefits of a marijuana industry.  Recall, Mr. Speaker, that on the 20^th of February 2019, I gave an update to this Parliament on the submission to and deliberation of the Cabinet on the report from the Cannabis (Marijuana) Commission (henceforth referred to as the Marijuana Commission).

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 09, 2019 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Today’s (Thursday, May 09) tabling of the historic Motion of No Confidence Bill, 2019, by Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris signaled the first step by the Team Unity Government towards ensuring that the unprecedented displacement of justice by the former Denzil Douglas administration while facing a Motion of No Confidence (MoNC) will never again be repeated in St. Kitts and Nevis.