Hooligans to face "speedy justice, severe punishment"

The justice minister says that while fighting hooliganism, Serbia "will do everything to create a legal framework that will make justice speedy and attainable".

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 04.10.2009.

18:46

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The justice minister says that while fighting hooliganism, Serbia "will do everything to create a legal framework that will make justice speedy and attainable". Snezana Malovic added that the best examples of how to tackle hooligan violence can be found in the laws of Great Britain, which had experienced serious hooliganisms problems. Hooligans to face "speedy justice, severe punishment" "Speedy justice and long prison sentences are a solution for hooliganism. It is an excellent solution. It also has a preventive character, because it warns all those who want to call themselves hooligans that they will receive sentences hooligans deserve," she said in an interview published by Belgrade daily Blic on Sunday. "I cannot accept any calculations when it comes to such events. Sports event cannot be a cause for murder, because the meaning of sports stops there. Clubs have to act, together with the state, preventively and educationally," underscored the minister. "We are determined to take a new, European path as of January 1, a path of justice reforms, which European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot evaluated three days ago as rather successful," concluded Malovic.

Hooligans to face "speedy justice, severe punishment"

"Speedy justice and long prison sentences are a solution for hooliganism. It is an excellent solution. It also has a preventive character, because it warns all those who want to call themselves hooligans that they will receive sentences hooligans deserve," she said in an interview published by Belgrade daily Blic on Sunday.

"I cannot accept any calculations when it comes to such events. Sports event cannot be a cause for murder, because the meaning of sports stops there. Clubs have to act, together with the state, preventively and educationally," underscored the minister.

"We are determined to take a new, European path as of January 1, a path of justice reforms, which European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot evaluated three days ago as rather successful," concluded Malović.

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