
The Ministry of Justice reported that by the eighth month of the year, in the property restitution and compensation program, which is under its jurisdiction, only 24% of the funds foreseen at the beginning of the year have been distributed.
This means that from a little more than 4 billion ALL, or about 40 million euros, 10 million euros have been distributed.
Specifically, focusing on some items that make up this program specifically for compensation, the monitoring report of this institution assesses how much belongs to the product "Beneficiaries from the compensated physical and financial fund", it has been realized 100%, compensating 90 subjects with a fund of 254.4 million ALL and the proceedings have been closed for 4 subjects. The compensation fund was in the second level bank.
"The product "Decisions appealed to the Court" has been realized about 100%. During the 8 months of 2024, 211 cases were closed and 192 other cases were opened for review. The "Purchase of electronic devices" project has been authorized by AKSHI in the phase of concluding contracts with economic operators.
The product "Distribution of Aluizni fund" has been realized 100%. This product was realized from the income realized from informal constructions poured into the account of ATP by ASHK, during this period 276 entities were compensated with a fund of 327,360,580 ALL. During the 8-month period, 763 applications were received," says the report regarding the other three products.
The Ministry underlines that the realization of personnel expenses was in the amount of 131.6 million ALL out of 256.2 million ALL, i.e. about 51%, since there are 10 vacancies in the Service for Property Restitution and Compensation. The realization of operating expenses is 19.8 million ALL, from 56.6 million ALL planned for 2024, or about 35%. During this 8-month period, 9 contracts were signed that extend the activity during the year 2024.
The return and compensation of the former owners is one of the most sensitive issues in the country, due to the financial dimensions, but also the social impacts it has.
A report of the SSC from last year underlined that in 7 years only 4.5% of the decisions were executed and at these rates, it is an unfeasible process, according to the commitments made in the 2015 law.