National Conference on Thursday asserted that the governor’s administration should refrain from making changing in the state juvenile laws.
In a statement NC chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi while expressing dismay over the incompatible intervention of SAC into the state’s juvenile justice act said, “As reported by some media, Governor Administration is mulling change in the juvenile justice laws. We however urge the incumbent Governor’s administration to have wider consultations on the issue. The Governor should carry out wider consultations across the political spectrum of state on this issue.”
Ruhullah said that the priority of the incumbent administration is a make-shift arrangement until a democratically elected government is in place. “It would have been better if the current incumbent administration leaves matters like these as changing the juvenile justice laws for a democratically elected government to decide upon,” he said.
He said, “When we talk of juvenile justice, various stakeholders’ Police, NGOs, civil society groups, elected representatives should be taken aboard before any changes are made to the juvenile justice laws.”
The NC spokesman urged the incumbent Governor’s admistration to concentrate on giving sound administration and leave the complex issues for the elected government to decide upon.