TIRANA, August 24/ATA/ The government approved today financial compensation for 9 former political convicts.
Minister of Justice Ulsi Manja said in a briefing after the government meeting that, “This decision comes at the proposal of the Ministry of Justice and is the 30th decision taken by the government to compensate former political prisoners of the regime communist”.
“This is part of our government’s vision to guarantee until the end the rights of former political prisoners of the communist regime. Of the 9 beneficiaries, 7 are former political convicts of the communist regime with long prison sentence while two beneficiaries are families of two people who suffered the capital punishments or were executed without trial”, Manja emphasized.
According to the minister, the government’s decision today has determined the amount of financial compensation.
“We have agreed that, in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance, we will calculate the cost in the state budget related to this category of files, and at the right moment and time, we will probably take the legal initiative to change the law and postpone the deadline”, emphasized Manja. /p.s./
