For the first time, after more than three decades, the families of civilian victims of the wars of the 1990s will receive concrete assistance from the state, said the Head of the Prime Minister's Office, Branko Krvavac.
Today, at a telephone session, the Government adopted the Information on the allocation of one-time financial assistance to the families of victims of the deportation of refugees, the tragic events in Štrpci, and the bombings in Murin and Tuzi.
"The government will help the families of the victims of the tragic events in Štrpci, during the bombing of Murin and Tuzi, and during the deportation of refugees with 100 thousand euros each - 50 thousand euros each this year and 50 thousand euros each next year. The state, for decades, has failed to protect the basic human rights of its citizens in the wake of these events, and until the 44th government, the importance of facing the past, acknowledging failures, assuming responsibility, the need for interpersonal solidarity, and restoring trust in state institutions was not recognized. The loss of loved ones is irreparable, but now we are symbolically paying tribute to the kidnapped and murdered passengers from the train at Štrpci station on February 28, 1993 - Esad Kapetanović, Iljaz Ličina, Fehim Bakija, Šeć Softić, Rifat Husović, Senad Đečević, Jusuf Rastoder, and Ismet Babačić," Krvavac announced.
"As Prime Minister Spajić promised a year ago, the state has not forgotten the victims of the bombing of the bridge in Murino on April 30, 1999, Miroslav Knežević, Olivera Maksimović, Julija Brudar, Vukić Vuletić, Milka Kočanović and Manojlo Komatin, as well as Paška Junčaj, who was killed the same year during the bombing in Tuzi. The family of Osmo Bajrović, a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina who was deported to Montenegro in 1992, whose remains have not yet been found, will also receive assistance," he adds.
He pointed out that the Government is implementing compensation after the adoption of the Information of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Family Care and Demography led by Damir Gutić and the initiative of Deputy Prime Minister Milun Zogović, and after the Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Veterans and Disability Protection on February 28.
"Recognition of the suffering of the families of civilian victims of the wars of the 90s, institutional protection, and recognition of omissions and correction of injustice are the obligations of a society that inherits the rule of law and values of a civil state," the statement reads.
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