President High Prosecutorial Council (VST) Branko Stamenković has scheduled an extraordinary session of that body for Friday (February 27), at which objections will be decided after the repeated elections for the VST from the ranks of prosecutors, it was announced on the VST website.
For the session, it was proposed to decide on the objections of Miodrag Surla and Dušica Jelić regarding the alleged violation of electoral rights at the Kragujevac 2 polling station, that is, the objection of Jelena Sučević regarding the alleged violation of the electoral right at the Niš 3 polling station.
Publicity of the session will be ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the VST, and especially through the Internet platform YouTube on the Council's channel.
In the repeated elections, the government ensured that in the composition High Prosecutorial Council there is a prosecutor who is close to their current, since at the level of higher public prosecutions, the majority was won by the prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office (VJT) in Belgrade, Nikola Uskoković, a close associate Nenad Stefanović.
Never more important elections
The elections for the High Prosecutor's Council have never been more significant or well-attended. The campaign that lasted for months in the pro-regime media and on social networks also contributed to this. That is why the large turnout of public prosecutors in these elections was not too surprising.
Prosecutors elect members of the Council exclusively at the level at which they perform their function.
There is a right to complain in case of violation of electoral rights at the polling station, which is submitted to the Council within 24 hours. The Council makes a decision in the form of a Decision, against which there is a right of appeal to the Constitutional Court.
The Council has a total of 11 members. Apart from these five who are elected from the ranks of public prosecutors, four members are elected by the assembly from the ranks of distinguished lawyers and two are permanent members by position - the Supreme Prosecutor and the Minister of Justice.
Candidates controlled by the regime won the elections for the VST
