Progress Report Criticises President Thaci for Election of Judges, Prosecutors

On page 16 of the progress report has been urgently criticised by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for selecting judges and prosecutors, Periscopi forwards.

It says that recruiting and selective processes for judges and prosecutors are organised by Judiciary and Prosecutorial Councils, respectively, and are formally based on candidate merits.

But the report further states that the recruiting has raised doubts about the correctness of the process, since rules in the middle of the selection process had been changed.

Having faced criticism, the process had been cancelled and repeated. Even the latest process of electing presidents for the Supreme Court and Appeals has raised concerns in this respect, the report said. /Periscopi