President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s national steering council discussed imposing the death penalty for drug offences and reviewed draft amendments to drug and bail laws that officials said were nearly ready for Parliament. Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa said the next day that no final decision had been reached and that the death penalty was one of several suggestions. Cannabis was not named in the discussion, and no published bill extended capital punishment to cannabis.[1][2]
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References
- Ada Derana — ‘Ratama Ekata’ Council focuses on imposing death penalty for drug offences (10 August 2026)Presidential Secretariat meeting; death penalty for drug offences; draft drug and bail amendments; 6,414 analyst reports in July.
- Ada Derana — No final decision on death penalty for drug traffickers: Minister (11 August 2026)Cabinet spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa; proposal one of several suggestions; no final decision.
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