Amendments are planned to be introduced to the Law on “Acknowledgment of Victims of Political Repressions and Social Welfare of the Repressed People.” According to the bill, the amount of the financial compensation for the victims of political repressions and their successors will not defined by the law.
Generally, financial compensation shall be given to the people who were repressed, whose freedom was restricted, who was exiled, resettled, resided to the place of special settlement, placed in mental hospital under force or died as a result of political repressions and the people who are recognized as the victims of political repression.
A person, who is the successor of the victim of repressions, can also get financial compensation. However, the law will not estimate the amount of the financial compensation and the court will be authorized to estimate the amount of the compensation.
The bill was initiated by MPs Kakha Anjaparidze, Zviad Kukava and Chiora Taktakishvili.
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