Public Debate on Public Prosecutor’s Office Bill

A public debate was held on the Public Prosecutor’s Office Bill on Monday. Professor Aleksandra Deanoska Trendafilova of the Faculty of Law, a member of the working group that drafted the law, was among the participants.

Considering that the Council of Public Prosecutors, among other things, decides on the election and career progress of public prosecutors, as well as on the election of heads of prosecutor’s office, and with the aim of avoiding the illusion among the public that there are negotiations, agreements, and lengthy procedures, foresaw short deadlines within which the Council is obliged to act, she pointed out.

Professor Ana Chupeska, however, emphasized that power should be distributed and limited through laws, while, according to her, authoritarian tendencies are being installed in society through the law.