Parliament continues to debate laws

MPs are this Friday in Belgrade debating several draft laws related to computer crime, laundering of money earned through crime and financing of terrorism.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 06.03.2009.

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MPs are this Friday in Belgrade debating several draft laws related to computer crime, laundering of money earned through crime and financing of terrorism. The Serbian parliament is discussing confirming the Convention on Cybercrime, conventions of the Council of Europe related to money laundering and confiscating of income gained from crime and those related to financing of terrorist activities. Parliament continues to debate laws Lawmakers are debating whether to confirm a protocol on the changes of the Convention on Cybercrime, related to criminal acts of racist and xenophobic nature committed by way of computers. Justice Minister Snezana Malovic presented the proposals to say that the laws are an important part of the process of EU association, harmonizing the domestic and European laws and liberalizing the visa regime for Serbian citizens. She urged MPs to adopt the legislation in order to create conditions for getting Serbia into the white Schengen list, and to create an effective atmosphere for fighting many forms of crime. MPs will also be debating drafts to adopt other CoE conventions, including those designed to fight human trafficking, terrorism, and an agreement between Serbia and Denmark to facilitate procedure for issuing visas. Opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official Nebojsa Randjelovic said that the party will support the ratification of this set of drafts. However, he asked the government "whether it plans to only ratifying the conventions or to implement them as well", stating that parliament has adopted several dozen conventions, but that there have not been any regulations passed for implementing them. Elvira Kovac from the Vojvodina Hungarian Alliance which supports the cabinet said its MPs support the regulations and the confirmation of the draft laws, in the goal of increasing the speed of Serbia’s EU integration. The opposition Serb Radical Party (SRS) said that thee conventions should have been on the parliamentary agenda earlier, especially the ones related to terrorism and human trafficking. Radical Gordana Pop Lazic said that the government is "avoiding the adoption of these conventions and the obligation which the adoption would impose". MPs at work (Tanjug)

Parliament continues to debate laws

Lawmakers are debating whether to confirm a protocol on the changes of the Convention on Cybercrime, related to criminal acts of racist and xenophobic nature committed by way of computers.

Justice Minister Snežana Malović presented the proposals to say that the laws are an important part of the process of EU association, harmonizing the domestic and European laws and liberalizing the visa regime for Serbian citizens.

She urged MPs to adopt the legislation in order to create conditions for getting Serbia into the white Schengen list, and to create an effective atmosphere for fighting many forms of crime.

MPs will also be debating drafts to adopt other CoE conventions, including those designed to fight human trafficking, terrorism, and an agreement between Serbia and Denmark to facilitate procedure for issuing visas.

Opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official Nebojša Ranđelović said that the party will support the ratification of this set of drafts.

However, he asked the government "whether it plans to only ratifying the conventions or to implement them as well", stating that parliament has adopted several dozen conventions, but that there have not been any regulations passed for implementing them.

Elvira Kovač from the Vojvodina Hungarian Alliance which supports the cabinet said its MPs support the regulations and the confirmation of the draft laws, in the goal of increasing the speed of Serbia’s EU integration.

The opposition Serb Radical Party (SRS) said that thee conventions should have been on the parliamentary agenda earlier, especially the ones related to terrorism and human trafficking.

Radical Gordana Pop Lazić said that the government is "avoiding the adoption of these conventions and the obligation which the adoption would impose".

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