* Interview with George Băeşu, the president of the ANRP

George Băeşu, the president of the National Authority for the Restitution of Properties (ANRP), considers that the current law of restitution, for which the government has taken responsibility in the Parliament, is the only reasonable solution, in spite of all the criticism made by the former owners against it.

He said, in an interview, that this alternative isn't he best, nor the worst.

The top priority for the ANRP, according to George Băeşu, are the almost one thousand court rulings through which the Authority has been forced to either issue compensation deeds for a certain amount, or to make appraisals and to issue compensation deeds.

The authorities were required to change the law concerning the restitution of former properties due to the large number of lawsuits brought against it at the European Court of Human Rights.

Reporter: What is next, now that the Government has assumed responsibility for the law on the restitution of properties?

George Băeşu: We are waiting for the law to come into effect and we already have ready the documents which we want to submit to the Prime Minister for approval, for the creation of the national commission, which concern the manner of operation of said commission.

And then, we will ask the ministries which have representatives on the commission to designate their members, so that we can begin to solve the thousands of cases that we have on the agenda.

We have almost a thousand court rulings through which we have been required to either issue compensation deeds for specific amounts, or to make assessments and to issue compensation deeds. For us, this is the top priority.

Reporter: Former owners have expressed lots of discontent, claiming that they have never been consulted throughout the entire period of the draf