[ad_1]
“In that controversy, whether the prosecution is by DS or SNS, you will see evidence that the system is bad. Imagine that prosecutors are not elected by the Assembly, but by some independent body like in Croatia. So the controversy would not have sense. The vast majority of prosecutors belong to the Constitution and the law. ” his job, “said Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic Goran Ilic.
When asked if the deputy’s hunger strike is a pressure on the prosecution, Ilic said that a strike can be a legitimate means of political or critical struggle of the work of state agencies, and that from that point of view we cannot say Let every hunger strike be pressure. However, adds Ilic, we have another problem here.
“It is a hunger strike of parliamentarians, in our system parliamentarians have an important role in the selection of prosecutors. In addition to the illogical strike against the decisions of the prosecutors elected by the Assembly, there is the problem that the strike sends some kind of message to the prosecutor, that his professional destiny may be questionable, if he does not meet expectations. The problem is not the strike, but the system, when you have an election in the Assembly, any activity of the parliamentarians directed against the prosecution can be considered pressure, since the Assembly elects prosecutors, “explained Ilic.
He stressed that we would not have that problem if the election of prosecutors was not decided by the Assembly, but by an independent body.
Imagine that the administration of your television is on strike against you because of your report, would you understand it as pressure? The accusation is not without criticism, but it has limitations, it should not be offensive or violate authority. The problem here it is the state of the strikers, since the deputies are the ones who decide the elections, “says the Deputy Prosecutor of the Republic.
Ilic also says that the Constitution defines the Prosecutor’s Office as an independent institution, and that the way to choose prosecutors is not in function of guaranteeing independence.
“The way to choose prosecutors is to guarantee the influence of politics, as long as there are no independent people in the accusation, it is difficult to expect the prosecutor to represent justice. This is a situation related to a longer period of Serbian legal history. ” and crime if we do not reform the prosecution, without the intention that the reform be a way to replace the players, “said Goran Ilic.
Declined to comment riots during the rally, organized by Dveri in front of the Serbian Parliament on Friday.
“Our constitutional framework is that deputies have immunity. Procedural immunity, which protects them from criminal prosecution and detention in a situation where they have committed a crime, is not absolute in nature and can be removed. The prosecutor must file a request to the President to eliminate and then the immunity can be lifted and the accusation can begin with a crime that is not related to his opinion or vote. That is our legal framework, “explained Ilic.
He added that it is not uncommon for opposition politicians to put pressure on prosecutors’ work with their statements.
“These are statements of a disturbing or threatening nature, which go beyond the scope of permissible criticism, value judgments are made that are not based on facts. That was the case and I pointed out those cases. Pressures are a phenomenon in our country , it is considered normal to apply pressure and we have to face it, “concluded Goran Ilić.
[ad_2]
