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የትምባሆ፣ የአልኮልና የመድኃኒት ቁጥጥር አዋጅ የበለጠ ጥብቅ እንዲሆን ጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትሩ ጠየቁ 2 January 2019 ዮሐንስ አንበርብር (ethiopianreporter)የትምባሆ፣ የአልኮል፣ የመድኃኒትና ምግብ ነክ ምርቶችን ለመቆጣጠር ለሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት የቀረበው ረቂቅ አዋጅየበለጠ ጥብቅ እንዲሆን የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትሩ ምክር ቤቱን ጠየቁ። የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት የሕፃናት ወጣቶችና ማኅበራዊ ጉዳዮች ቋሚ ኮሚቴ ረቂቅ አዋጁን በዝርዝር ለመመርመር ዛሬረቡዕ ታኅሳስ 24 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም. ባካሄደው ሕዝባዊ የውይይት መድረክ ላይ የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትሩ ዶ/ር አሚር አማን በረቂቅአዋጁ ላይ የተቀመጡ ክልከላዎች በቂ አለመሆናቸውን በመገንዘብ ክልከላዎቹ የበለጠ ጥብቅ እንዲሆኑ የማሻሻያ ሐሳብለቋሚ ኮሚቴው አቀረቡ። ካቀረቧቸው ጥብቅ የማሻሻያ ክልከላዎች መካከል እንደ ቢራ ያሉ የአልኮል ምርቶች በኤሌክትሮኒክ ሚዲያዎች ማለትምበሬዲዮና በቴሌቪዥን ከምሽቱ 3፡00 ሰዓት እስከ ሌሊት 12፡00 ሰዓት ብቻ እንዲተዋወቁ በረቂቁ ላይ የተቀመጠው ድንጋጌተሻሽሎ፣ የአልኮል ምርቶች በተጠቀሱት ሚዲያዎች ሙሉ ለሙሉ እንዳይተዋወቁ ክልከላ እንዲጣል የሚል የማሻሻያ ሐሳብአቅርበዋል። የአልኮል ምርቶች ማለት የአልኮል ይዘታቸው ከሁለት በመቶ በላይ መሆኑን የሚገልጸው የረቂቅ አዋጁ ትርጓሜ ተሻሽሎየአልኮል ይዘቱ ከ0.5 በመቶ በላይ በሚል እንዲሻሻልም የጠየቁ ሲሆን፣ ለዚህ ያቀረቡት ምክንያትም አልኮል የሚያመርቱኩባንያዎች ከሁለት በመቶ በታች የሆኑ የአልኮል ምርት ዓይነቶችን በማምረት የአልኮል መጠጦች በተጠቀሱት ሚዲያዎችእንዲተዋወቁ ዕድል የሚሰጥ በመሆኑ ነው። የአልኮል መጠጦችን ለማስተዋወቅና ገበያውን ለማስፋት ከፍተኛ ሽልማቶችን የሚያስገኙ ዕጣዎችን በቆርኪ ላይ ማያያዝክልከላ እንዲደረግበትም ሐሳብ አቅርበዋል። ሚኒስትሩ እነዚህ ጥብቅ ማሻሻያዎች እንዲደረጉ ቋሚ ኮሚቴውን በጽሑፍ መጠየቃቸውን ተናግረዋል። ሚኒስትሩ ይህንንየተናገሩት በሕዝባዊ ውይይት መድረኩ ላይ የተገኙ የጤና ባለሙያዎች፣ ታዋቂ አርቲስቶች፣ ወጣት ተማሪዎችና ሌሎችባለድርሻዎች ረቂቅ አዋጁ የበለጠ ጥብቅ እንዲሆንና የአልኮል ማስታወቂያ እንዲቆም በተደጋጋሚ በመጠየቃቸው ነው። የትምባሆና አልኮል ሽያጭን በተመለከተ ረቂቅ ሕጉ ላይ ሁለቱም ምርቶች ከ18 ዓመት ዕድሜ በታች እንዳይሸጡ የሚደነግገውአንቀጽ ተሻሽሎ ከ21 ዓመት በታች እንዲባል ጠይቀዋል። ይኼን ሐሳብም በሕዝባዊ የውይይት መድረኩ ላይ የተገኙት አብዛኞቹደግፈውታል። [Read More]

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