Ingushetia's authorities and clergy want to ban young people from marrying without an HIV-negative certificate and a drug-tested blood test.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of the Republic put forward the initiative to introduce mandatory health certificates for grooms. Vakha BekovThe official voiced this proposal at a meeting in the Malgobek district administration.
The imam of Malgobek agrees with him. Ibrahim BatyrovHowever, the clergyman believes that the approach to issuing certificates should be uniform for everyone, including men from wealthy families who can afford to obtain a fake document for money or through useful connections. The minister assured him that the authorities will thoroughly verify the authenticity of medical certificates.
In addition, the meeting proposed fining parents who concealed their son's drug addiction and other serious illnesses from the bride's family. сообщает Interfax, citing the district administration's press service.
If this initiative is supported in other regions of Ingushetia, certificates for grooms will begin to be issued as early as September of this year.