21 minutes agoW. D Chief State Prosecutor: Government doesn't share budget, constantly put pressure on our work
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Besim Kelmendi, deputy to the head state prosecutor's office, said worrying about the prosecutorial system is the Kosovo Government's required budget secession. He said the lack of proper budget has contributed to the failure of the number of prosecutors. A thing that worries us as a prosecutorial system is the question that [...]
“One thing that concerns us as a prosecutorial system is the issue that Government does not share required budgets according to what we see as necessary, and I say that for a reason, the number of judges has recently grown and very well that this has been done, but the number of prosecutors has not increased because of the” budget, he said.
Kelmendi spoke of the first find in the report that was published by the IKD, FOL and INPO “Apo application of the SEEDN jury in Kosovo”, which is the judgment within a reasonable timeline. He said that in 2022 the new Code of Criminal Procedure was issued, which has predicted strict deadlines to be respected by the Prosecutor and Court.
“We have immediately tried to change the approach of the Prosecutors in line with these” terms, Kelmendi said, adding that he has issued binding guidelines for these deadlines to be respected.
U.d. The chief state prosecutor said that each prosecutor's chief prosecutor, along with the prosecutor of the case, should handle each case within three months and make official notes to find out the reasons for continuing or not continuing the investigation of that case, he notes. Periscope.
In addition, he said he has issued binding guidelines and has requested legal examinations, and has also assigned monitoring groups from the State Prosecutor's Office to visit all prosecutors to see how these deadlines are being respected.
He said the judges rightly set out hearings, but cannot hold them because of the small number of prosecutors and unable to reach the hearings.
Kelmendi said even in the section of seizures and seizures, prosecutors and judges must raise awareness to take urgent steps in this section.
He stressed that it is legally forced to sell them. He mentioned that for years, they've got tools and things that are now stored in the warehouses of the Agency for Precussive and confiscated things, as well as in police depots.
Kelmendi said there are vehicles that were seized 15 years ago and now have no value, that the Criminal Procedure Code allows them to sell and those money to throw into bank accounts and, in case the parties gain context, to return them money- in the contrary, they remain part of the state budget.
Otherwise, the Kosovo Institute for Justice (IKD), Movement FOL and Progress Initiative (INPO), with the support of the German Embassy in Pristina, organised roundtable on Wednesday for the release of the report “Application of the GjEDNj jurisdiction in Kosovo”. /Betimy for Justice
