The Registrar of Pesticides recently issued a new gazette notification repealing the 2014 ban on pesticides such as glyphosate, propanyl, carbaryl, clofferiphosphate and carbofuran. That was on November 22nd.
Within hours of the issuance of this gazette notification, the Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage directed to reverse the gazette notification. Also, the Registrar of Pesticides, J.A. The Minister had also ordered the immediate removal of Sumith from the post and an investigation. This was a hot topic in the society. In particular, only the statement of the Minister came to the fore. But no facts were raised on the part of the Registrar of Pesticides.
This was the subject to a heated debate in the society. In particular, only the statement of the Minister came to the fore. But no facts were raised on the part of the Registrar of Pesticides.
Registrar of Pesticides J.A. Mr. Sumith has now expressed his views.
He said that he had acted on the advice of the Pesticides Technical and Advisory Committee and the Cabinet and therefore the gazette notification issued by him was not illegal.
He emphasized that the letter was not a signal of a formal antitrust inquiry into the allegations, but rather a signal of a formal antitrust inquiry into the allegations. According to Sumith, the Cabinet had decided to lift the ban on glyphosate in 2018 and the rest of the ban on germination in the same year.
However, he says that the issuance of the relevant gazette notification was delayed and that the Attorney General’s approval was obtained last week and he further stated that he had issued gazette which stated the Cabinet decision approved by the Attorney General and that no one could remove him as a public servant as he had not committed any illegal act.
