Skopje, 18 March 2026 (MIA) – Parliament at Wednesday’s session elected Nenad Saveski as the new state chief public prosecutor.

66 MPs voted in favor of Saveski, two voted against and eight in abstention.

The government’s motion on Saveski’s nomination was elaborated in Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister, Aleksandar Nikoloski.

“Macedonia desperately needs justice and rule of law. It needs opening and processing of cases to improve the image of the country and the judicial system,” Nikoloski said speaking from the podium.

Saveski, he noted, is an esteemed professional whose professional career is untarnished.

Saveski’s election was preceded by a debate in which ruling and opposition lawmakers clashed over who is to blame for the low public trust in the judicial system, among other things. Ruling MPs praised Saveski’s extensive experience in the judicial system, which was also recognized by the opposition MPs.

Saveski, currently a judge at the Skopje-based Criminal Court, was nominated by the government on March 10 and requires a minimum of 61 parliamentary votes to be appointed. His nomination follows the resignation of former chief prosecutor Ljupcho Kocevski, after a selection process involving five candidates.

Saveski, 50, lives in Gostivar, married and father of three. He earned an M.A. degree in penal law from the Skopje-based Faculty of Law and passed the bar in 2003. He has been a Criminal Court judge in the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption since 2016.

Saveski was also engaged as an expert by OSCE, the National Convention on the EU - Chapter 23, Council of Europe and USAID. He is a member of the working groups on judicial reforms and was hired for projects on special investigative measures, detention and criminal proceedings.

Saveski is also a lecturer at the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors, a national tutor and trainer in the Council of Europe's HELP programme, as well as trainer on human rights and criminal law.

He is the author and co-author of papers on special investigative measures, freedom of expression, defamation and insult, asset confiscation, the right to privacy, as well as several guides and professional publications. He speaks Macedonian, English, German, Serbian, and basic Albanian.