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Ordinary police officers will immediately sanction not wearing a mask, and communal militiamen and communal inspectors will also have the authorizations of the sanitary inspectors. This means that they will be able to sanction any breach of anti-epidemiological measures, from the lack of respect for physical distance by not wearing protective equipment to the lack of disinfectants and the like in cafes, restaurants, discos …
As the “Blic” finds out, this is perhaps the most important change in the Law for the Protection of the Population against Infectious Diseases, which was drawn up by the Ministry of Health as the first task of the new Government since its constitution.
In this way, the rigorous implementation of the Crisis Staff’s decisions will finally be guaranteed, which was demanded by its member Srđa Janković after the last session.
Currently, these measures can only be fully implemented by the republic’s sanitary inspectors, of which there are so few that, for example in Belgrade, only four of them have been operating in the last two and a half months.
So, as soon as the amendments to the law are adopted in the assembly, regular police officers will be able to impose a mandatory fine of 5,000 dinars for not wearing a mask on the spot.
This means that when a police officer stands without a mask inside and writes a sentence, he will have the opportunity to pay half or less (2500 dinars) days immediately or within eight days, or file a request for a court decision within of that period.
If the person does not pay the fine within eight days or does not file a request for a court decision, the final order of execution reaches the court.
Said order is executed by suspending the fined portion of the salary through the employer, blocking the account until the fine is paid or changing the fine imposed for work in the public interest (eight hours of work in the public interest for 1,000 dinars) or prison at the beginning of a day equal to fines of 1,000 dinars.
Cafes and clubs may close.
The amendments to the Law for the Protection of the Population Against Infectious Diseases will grant even broader powers to militiamen and communal inspectors.
They will have practically the same powers that the sanitary inspectors of the republic currently have.
As a reminder, until now, communal militiamen and communal inspectors could impose fines only for non-compliance with working hours, according to the Catering Law.
And now they will be able to sanction legal entities for violating anti-epidemiological measures, which means that for this reason they will be able, in the end, to close cafes, restaurants, discos …
Only four sanitary inspectors in Belgrade
The degree to which the implementation of anti-epidemiological measures is currently difficult is best seen in Belgrade, where images of a night party in one of the clubs appeared, where practically none of the guests respect any decision of the Crisis Staff.
The reason why this is practically daily in the capital lies in the current Law for the Protection of the Population against Infectious Diseases, according to which only the sanitary inspectors of the republic can impose sanctions for non-compliance with anti-epidemiological measures, specifically in the discos.
And they are so few that in Belgrade, in the previous two and a half months, only Republican sanitary inspectors participated in the control actions in words and numbers!
In addition to them, the control of compliance with anti-epidemiological measures in the capital in the previous two and a half months was carried out by 18 tourist, environmental and community inspectors who cannot impose sanctions for non-compliance with anti-Covid measures but can sanction non-compliance with hours, noise and the like.
In addition, 31 communal militiamen helped them. Considering that there are thousands of catering services in Belgrade alone, it is clear that such a small number of inspectors, many of whom have limited powers, cannot punish most, much less all cases of irresponsible behavior in the fight against Covid 19.
Sanctions for non-compliance with anti-epidemiological measures:
- 50,000-150,000 dinars for one person
- 50,000 – 500,000 dinars for a legal entity
- 50,000 – 150,000 dinars for an authorized person in a legal entity
- 50,000 – 150,000 dinars for entrepreneurs
- 5,000 dinars is a fine for not wearing a mask, that is, 2,500 dinars in eight days
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