Parliament to Discuss Draft Law on S.Ossetia Restitution

The Georgian government submitted a draft law on property restitution for the victims of the South Ossetian conflict to the Parliament for consideration, Parliamentary Chairperson Nino Burjanadze said on May 15.

“It is our commitment and moral responsibility to adopt this draft law,” Nino Burjanadze told lawmakers at a session of the Parliamentary Bureau, a body which develops the Parliament’s schedule.

Georgia undertook a commitment to pass a law on property restitution in 1999 while joining the Council of Europe.

According to the Georgian authorities, the draft law was welcomed by the Council of Europe’s (CoE) Venice Commission – the advisory body for constitutional issues – during discussions in March.

Nino Burjanadze also noted that the draft law is does not include an assesment of the financial needs of the restitution.