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The Serbian Bar Association announced that it “strongly condemns” the statement of the Vice President of the People’s Party, Miroslav Aleksić, in which he calls lawyers acting in a specific criminal procedure as criminals, that is, “part of a criminal network” and “a criminal octopus who now wants to cover up the case.” Jovanjica ‘to avoid reaching the real protagonists “.
“Such a statement by a party official is an unacceptable and indecent attack against the defense lawyers in this case and against the legal profession as a whole. The legal and ethical obligations of the lawyers are based on the Constitution, the law and other applicable regulations. , the international legal acts in the bar, the statute of the bar association and The lawyer represents independently, according to his beliefs ”, reads the statement signed by the president of the Serbian Bar Association, Viktor Gostiljac.
The Serbian Bar Association noted “the worrying level of ignorance of the role of lawyers in criminal proceedings,” and notes that proposals by defense lawyers to determine the legality of the evidence on which the court verdict will be based are considered an indicator of the professionalism of a lawyer.
Only in unfree companies is a lawyer expected to act in accordance with other “superior interests” and not with the interests of his client, the statement read.
“The Serbian Bar Association, therefore, vigorously defends its members, both lawyers in specific criminal proceedings and the legal profession, as an honorable and humane activity, without which there can be no legal system and civilized society. We invite all participants in political life to speak. In public space, they are free from insults and labels, in order to be an example for citizens who want to lead, “announced the Serbian Bar Association.
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