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Fico Proposes Giving Restituents Money Instead of Land
Wednesday 13 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 13 (TASR) - Compensation for land that should be returned to its original owners could under certain conditions be provided in the form of money, according to an amendment to the law on adjusting property rights to land and other agricultural property that was submitted to the Government by Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday.
According to the current law, if the Slovak Land Fund (SPF) isn't able to return the same piece of land that the person concerned used to own before the Communist regime confiscated it, the restituents should be offered substitute plots. According to the proposed rules, the restituents would be able to choose the replacement land themselves. "If the restituents don't agree to receiving substitute land or it isn't possible to provide them with the replacement land that they have chosen for justified reasons, the compensation for the land will be provided ... in the form of money," reads the submitted document.
The proposal increases the number of plots that can't be provided as compensation, especially because of the public interest, and also deals with improving the transparency of the procedure.
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