Law to pass "unless significantly changed"

The ruling coalition is ready to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Law, but only if there are no substantial changes to the text, says daily Blic.

Izvor: Blic

Tuesday, 10.03.2009.

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The ruling coalition is ready to adopt the Anti-Discrimination Law, but only if there are no substantial changes to the text, says daily Blic. Blic daily government sources say that the law will not be sent to parliament before today’s meeting of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Holy Synod, where the controversial draft is due to be debated. Law to pass "unless significantly changed" Nada Kolundzija, the whip of the ruling, Democrat-led For a European Serbia (ZES) caucus, told the newspaper that this group of MPs would vote to adopt the anti-discrimination law when it returns to parliamentary procedure only if there were no substantial changes. “We will vote for the law only if specified doubts are eliminated, but they cannot change anything which would alter discrimination protection for any group,” said Kolundzija. Suzana Grubjesic, the whip for the ruling G17 Plus, also said that her caucus would support the law if it did not suffer substantial changes. “Essential changes cannot be allowed as that would destroy the spirit of the law, which the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe praised, and that kind of law has been adopted by several countries were Catholicism is strong, such as Croatia, Spain and Greece [sic],” she said. Members of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) tell Blic they are "in principal" for the law, although SPS senior official Branko Ruzic had said when the law was pulled from parliament that he supported the Church’s stance.

Law to pass "unless significantly changed"

Nada Kolundžija, the whip of the ruling, Democrat-led For a European Serbia (ZES) caucus, told the newspaper that this group of MPs would vote to adopt the anti-discrimination law when it returns to parliamentary procedure only if there were no substantial changes.

“We will vote for the law only if specified doubts are eliminated, but they cannot change anything which would alter discrimination protection for any group,” said Kolundžija.

Suzana Grubješić, the whip for the ruling G17 Plus, also said that her caucus would support the law if it did not suffer substantial changes.

“Essential changes cannot be allowed as that would destroy the spirit of the law, which the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe praised, and that kind of law has been adopted by several countries were Catholicism is strong, such as Croatia, Spain and Greece [sic],” she said.

Members of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) tell Blic they are "in principal" for the law, although SPS senior official Branko Ružić had said when the law was pulled from parliament that he supported the Church’s stance.

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