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SLOVAKIA’S UNEXPECTED DECISION: Returning money to those convicted of violating COVID-19 measures!

by Serbian Times11. December 2024.11. December 2024.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has proposed that all those who were punished for violating the strict measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic have their fines forgiven. The government has accepted his proposal, and it is now awaiting parliamentary approval.

Not only will those who violated anti-pandemic measures have their fines forgiven, but they will also be reimbursed if they paid any fines. Thus, the Ministry of the Interior will reimburse fines imposed by police officers and district offices, as well as the costs of meals charged to persons placed in quarantine facilities. Other institutions that imposed fines for violating anti-pandemic measures during that time, such as regional public health institutes, municipalities, and cities, will also reimburse the fines.

The total amount of fines imposed during COVID-19 amounts to 2.7 million euros, of which about 989 thousand euros has been paid. The government has also approved an amnesty for all unpaid fines imposed for offenses related to anti-pandemic measures throughout the entire period when a state of emergency or crisis was declared due to the pandemic. The amnesty also includes an order to halt all ongoing proceedings related to these offenses. Prime Minister Fico stated that this is the first step towards correcting injustices. “It was a dark period in terms of the legal order and violations of human rights,” the Prime Minister stated.

It is expected that this proposal will cost the state budget 3.3 million euros, a sum that the Prime Minister believes the state treasury can afford.