Macedonia “Baby Boom” Project Unconstitutional

[Risto the Great]

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/17479/

The government’s policy aimed at increasing the country’s population growth by giving state bonuses to couples with more than two children may very well fail, as the Constitutional Court on Wednesday overruled one of its crucial provisions.

The court annulled the health insurance law provision that granted state subventions to parents only in municipalities with low birth rate as discriminatory. The court ruled that the provision is discriminatory because it is not applied to couples in the whole of Macedonia's territory.

The conservative VMRO DPMNE's proposal stipulates that starting from this year, the parents in municipalities with a low birth rate will receive state support of around 90 euros for their second offspring for the first nine months of the baby's life. If they decide to have a third child they are eligible for 120 euros support over a ten year period. Should a couple have four children they will receive about 190 euros for 15 years.

However, the government's measure is applicable only to couples that live in municipalities that have a birth rate below 2.1 children born every year to 1000 people. Only two municipalities with an Albanian majority fulfill these requirements, the rest are populated mainly with Macedonians.

Previously Macedonia’s Helsinki Committee said that the provisions of the law are discriminatory towards the Albanian minority as most of them do not live in municipalities that have the low child birth rate required for couples to claim state benefits.

Several other provisions from the child protection law, also part of the “baby boom” program of the VMRO led government, are also before the constitutional court. The judges are due to reach a verdict on these provisions too soon.

Absolutely amazing!
Well then change the constitution. It has been done before.

[MKPrilep]

Great news, especially if you consider that the average wage is € 200.
But unfortunately I think it won´t help to increase the birth rate.
I think we can not compare with the siptari, turci or zigani.

[Soldier of Macedon]

That remains to be seen, we'll see what happens.

[Diabolical]

The government’s policy aimed at increasing the country’s population growth by giving state bonuses to couples with more than two children may very well fail, as the Constitutional Court on Wednesday overruled one of its crucial provisions.

The court annulled the health insurance law provision that granted state subventions to parents only in municipalities with low birth rate as discriminatory. The court ruled that the provision is discriminatory because it is not applied to couples in the whole of Macedonia's territory.

The conservative VMRO DPMNE's proposal stipulates that starting from this year, the parents in municipalities with a low birth rate will receive state support of around 90 euros for their second offspring for the first nine months of the baby's life. If they decide to have a third child they are eligible for 120 euros support over a ten year period. Should a couple have four children they will receive about 190 euros for 15 years.

However, the government's measure is applicable only to couples that live in municipalities that have a birth rate below 2.1 children born every year to 1000 people. Only two municipalities with an Albanian majority fulfill these requirements, the rest are populated mainly with Macedonians.

Previously Macedonia’s Helsinki Committee said that the provisions of the law are discriminatory towards the Albanian minority as most of them do not live in municipalities that have the low child birth rate required for couples to claim state benefits.

Several other provisions from the child protection law, also part of the “baby boom” program of the VMRO led government, are also before the constitutional court. The judges are due to reach a verdict on these provisions too soon.

Bahahaha suck shit lol

[Rogi]

Now we will begin a process for bringing the Law on the Second Official Language to the Constitutional Court, on the same basis. That Law on the languages applies only to municipalities where the minority is 30% or above... since the basis of that Law and this one on the baby bonuses is effectively the same, that Law should (By Precedent) be scrapped also.

Likewise with the Law on minority quota's for jobs in public administration, army, police, etc since effectively it does not apply equally to all citizens (i.e. a Vlach person has a 5% of getting the job, because that is their quota, whereas an Albanian has 25%, and that can be considered discriminatory to the Vlach).

[Sarafot]

Sekoj MAkedonec po 5 deca,mojot pradedo imal 9 sina,taff guy ha?

Taka ke ja zgolemime nacijata za 50 godini na 12 milijoni

[Pelister]

My grandmother was one of eight children, but she was only one of three who lived passed the age of a few years. The others died as babies.

If the Macedonian is going to stare down extermination, there needs to be more of us.

There needs to be about another 500,000 Macedonians. The Macedonians have every right to preserve their historical demographic. There needs to be a higher percentage of Macedonians as a whole, more foriegners (I don't care who they are as long as they are not Albanians), and Albanians need to be moved out, for that country to be safe.

The idea that this law is discriminatory is bullshit, typical European bullshit.

Albanian and Macedonian families with traditionally low birth rates, will equally qualify for the program.