"Serbia needs custom restitution model"

Deputy PM Bozidar Djelic stated on Wednesday that Serbia needs a custom made restitution model characterized by modesty, particularly in its financial aspect. "The injustice must be corrected. On the other hand, one must make sure that the indemnification for the injustice committed several decades ago will not jeopardize the future of the nation," Djelic told the journalists in Belgrade. "Serbia needs custom restitution model" The property was nationalized by the communist Yugoslav authorities after the Second World War. "We cannot expect more funds to be allocated for restitution in Serbia than was the case in much richer societies, where indemnifications were quite modest," Djelic stressed. He pointed out that the reason why the government or the parliament have not yet passed the bill on restitution are the requests by a certain number of people who are justifiably interested in the resolution of this issue, but in a way which would not be financially sustainable for the state. Djelic underscored that the government adopted an Action Plan on December 27, which envisages the passing of the bill on restitution in the first half of 2011. Bozidar Djelic (Beta, file)

"Serbia needs custom restitution model"

The property was nationalized by the communist Yugoslav authorities after the Second World War.

"We cannot expect more funds to be allocated for restitution in Serbia than was the case in much richer societies, where indemnifications were quite modest," Đelić stressed.

He pointed out that the reason why the government or the parliament have not yet passed the bill on restitution are the requests by a certain number of people who are justifiably interested in the resolution of this issue, but in a way which would not be financially sustainable for the state.

Đelić underscored that the government adopted an Action Plan on December 27, which envisages the passing of the bill on restitution in the first half of 2011.