No 2, of 1980 to acquire properties. Several petitions were also filed. Last week, it was announced that the government had decided not to proceed with the acqisition of land for building a Presidential residence. Furthermore, according to Additional Solicitor General the multi-million rupee project to build the presidential residence is to go ahead despite the widespread criticism which led to legal action against the government by the residents of the area. Thirdly, the SPC has not violated any drug laws as claimed in the article.
Some drugs are monopolies or near monopolies.
These firms do not bother to register with the Drugs Authority. For some drugs there are no registered suppliers at all. For certain drugs there may be one or two registered suppliers, but there are adverse quality control reports about them. Under these circumstances we import drugs with permission of the DGHS, who is the Drug Authority for Sri Lanka. If the SPC did not import the above drugs with the permission of the Director General, Government hospitals will have a serious shortage of about 150 essential drugs.