The special law, known as Lex Specialis in Latin, allows authorities to push forward work on the site, including demolition of what remains of the two sprawling buildings seen as prime examples of mid-20th century architecture in the former Yugoslavia.

The bill does not mention Kushner’s company or details of any future development projects.

“We are demolishing the ruins in order to build,” populist Serbian Progressive Party lawmaker Milenko Jovanov said in defense of the project during the debate.

Critics say the special bill undermines Serbia’s legal system. Corruption watchdog Transparency Serbia has warned it “represents a combination of the two most dangerous forms of corruption — the legalization of law violations and the tailoring of general rules to fit hidden interests in one specific case.”

Vucic has claimed the ongoing judicial investigation was launched based on demands from abroad to “prevent Serbia from establishing better relations with the Trump administration.”

The $500-million luxury compound project would include a high-rise hotel, a luxury apartment complex, office spaces and shops. Authorities say Kushner’s company has committed to building a memorial complex within the site, dedicated to all victims of the NATO bombing campaign.

As the debate started earlier this week, hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Serbian parliament building with banners reading: “Culture is not for sale, we will not give up the general staff” building.

Opposition lawmaker Aleksandar Jovanovic described the law as a “crime” that would replace a heritage site with “casinos and Jacuzzis.”

Zdravko Ponos, a former Serbian army commander-in-chief who is now an opposition party leader, told lawmakers from the governing party that “you will demolish something that is a symbol for this nation.”

“With the agreement you signed with the most important son-in-law on the planet, you have obliged to tear this down and clear at the cost of Serbia’s taxpayers,” Ponos said.

Serbia was bombed in 1999 for 78 days to force then-President Slobodan Milosevic, to end his crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Anti-NATO sentiments in Serbia remain strong to this day and many feel the U.S. role in revamping the army headquarters is particularly sensitive.

In the past year, Vucic has faced youth-led protests shaking his grip on power. Protesters have accused his government of rampant corruption in state projects. The protests started after a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad after renovation, killing 16 people.

Tens of thousands of people on Nov. 1 marked the tragedy’s anniversar y in the city of Novi Sad.

Earlier this year, the government in Albania, another Balkan country, approved a $1.6 billion plan from Kushner’s company for investment off its Adriatic coast that envisages turning a communist-era fortified island into a luxury resort.

Not beating the accusation that trump is putin's cock holster yet again

>>1455596
Serbia isn't Russian, idiot. You're thinking of Siberia.
They are Southern Slovak same as Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, etc..

>>1455661
>they aren't Russian
>they just love taking Russian dick as much as Trump
and you're stupid enough to think thats a valid retort

>>1455667
Nobody is talking about your flaming homo Russian sex fantasies except you.
Serbia isn't Russian any more than Macedonia, or Bulgaria or any other country in that region

>Serbia isn't Russian any more than other Russian countries are Russian
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag

Who gives a fuck. Liberals are going to cry about everything Trump does anyway, so why even care. They don't care that Obama's library cost 800 million or that Gavin Newsom is spending 1.2 billion of tax payer money to fly rocks in from Italy and making workers sign NDAs or that Nancy Pelosi made 400 million off her position

>>1455674
I'm sure the Serbian War veterans in Serbia who are complaining about the destruction of the historic site from the Yugoslavian wars are actually American liberals.

>>1455681
They don't give a shit about a dilapidated building that hasn't been maintained in decades

>>1455683
>Zdravko Ponos, a former Serbian army commander-in-chief who is now an opposition party leader, told lawmakers from the governing party that “you will demolish something that is a symbol for this nation.”

>>1455683
>Go ahead and build a casino on top of our war grave, Mr. Kushner. We know how it would displease Trump if we didn't let you.
lol good optics