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Skopje – The Public Prosecutor of North Macedonia Ljupco Kocevski met at the moment with the pinnacle of the EU Delegation in Skopje, Euro-ambassador Michalis Rokas. On the assembly, as introduced by the Public Prosecutor’s Workplace, Kocevski knowledgeable in regards to the lively steps taken for enhancements in all areas cited as suggestions within the newest European Fee Progress Report on our nation’s progress and the Reform Agenda which is quickly to be applied.
As a key problem acknowledged by Kocevski, which the European Fee additionally notes within the report, are the inadequate sources offered to the establishment for all of the actions it undertakes.
– We had been requested within the proposed price range projections for 2025 to specific the wants and monetary implications for all these reforms. We did so. Nonetheless, for the reforms we as a rustic have dedicated to, which relate to the work of the Public Prosecutor’s Workplace, hardly any extra funds are foreseen within the proposed price range for the subsequent 12 months. Once more this 12 months, as an alternative of the legally decided quantity for the Prosecutor’s Workplace at 0.4 p.c of the entire state price range, we’re assigned about 14 million euros or barely greater than 0.2 p.c, which is half of the authorized minimal, knowledgeable Kocevski.
He additionally acquainted Euro-ambassador Rokas with the challenges from the facet of understaffing of the prosecutor’s workplaces, that’s, the dearth of public prosecutors and clerks, in addition to the obsolescence of the tools. (November 21, 2024)
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