Comments on: Serbia: The Lustration Law

By: Marcvs Agrippa

Marcvs Agrippa — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:50:59 +0000

Lustration is the legalization of political and ideological purges. It’s open to wanton abuse (the ‘lustrators’ are often the ones who ought to be ‘lustrated’ — as is the case in Serbia). And that’s why I am against it.

The courts ought to handle these cases separately, not some party courts.

BTW, where is that shoddy article about “fascism” in Serbia gone? I hope it’s been pulled for the right reasons (i.e. racism, ethnic hatred and Serbophobia).

By: Daniel Duende

Daniel Duende — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:14:57 +0000

I’m not just being nice when i say that every post i read here teaches me something (and, most of the time, teaches me a lot) :)

By: Veronica Khokhlova

Veronica Khokhlova — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:24:05 +0000

Here're two very informative blog posts on lustration elsewhere in the region, linked to here at Global Voices a while ago: the beatroot on the verdict of the Constitutional Tribunal on Poland's Lustration Law; Our Man in Tirana on why lustration is not likely to be carried out in Albania.

By: Ljubisa Bojic

Ljubisa Bojic — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:21:22 +0000

Hallo Rebecca,

Wikipedia says:

In the period after the fall of the various European Communist states in 1989–1991, the term came to refer to the policy of limiting the participation of former communists, and especially informants of the communist secret police, in the successor governments or even in civil service positions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustration

By: Rebecca MacKinnon

Rebecca MacKinnon — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:26:46 +0000

I think non-Eastern Europeans (including myself) have no idea what Lustration is. Can you please explain and define a bit more? I still don’t know what it is after reading your post. Thanks.