Minister apologizes for "import of women" comment
Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić today apologized for recent comments made by a state secretary with his ministry.
Monday, 01.09.2008.
13:11
Labor Minister Rasim Ljajic today apologized for recent comments made by a state secretary with his ministry. State Secretary Zeljko Vasiljevic recently told journalists that Serbia should "import" women from Asia, in order to provide bachelors in some rural areas of the country with wives. Minister apologizes for "import of women" comment "This is not the ministry's position, nor has anyone reviewed such options. The demographic policy is not within State Secretary Vasiljevic's scope of work," Ljajic told Beta news agency on Monday. He also said the incident will be discussed with the ruling coalition partners, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), on whose ticket Vasiljevic, the leader of the Veterans Movement, got appointed to a state administration job. "I will not tolerate such behavior that offends the public at home and abroad, while the ministry has suffered huge damage. People have been calling in all day, asking if the state is involved in people trafficking," Ljajic said. Vasiljevic was quoted as saying last week that Serbia should "import more than 100,000 women from Asia", to thus "solve the demographic problem", and also advised that a state institution should be implementing this "project".
Minister apologizes for "import of women" comment
"This is not the ministry's position, nor has anyone reviewed such options. The demographic policy is not within State Secretary Vasiljević's scope of work," Ljajić told Beta news agency on Monday.He also said the incident will be discussed with the ruling coalition partners, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), on whose ticket Vasiljević, the leader of the Veterans Movement, got appointed to a state administration job.
"I will not tolerate such behavior that offends the public at home and abroad, while the ministry has suffered huge damage. People have been calling in all day, asking if the state is involved in people trafficking," Ljajić said.
Vasiljević was quoted as saying last week that Serbia should "import more than 100,000 women from Asia", to thus "solve the demographic problem", and also advised that a state institution should be implementing this "project".
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