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Organized Crime Prosecutor to appeal suspension to Council of Public Prosecutors

Organized Crime Prosecutor to appeal suspension to Council of Public Prosecutors
Skopje, 17 August 2022 (MIA) - The Head of Public Prosecution for Organized Crime and Corruption Vilma Ruskovska has confirmed to MIA that she will appeal the decision on her suspension from office to the Council of Public Prosecutors. She said that she received the decision and can appeal it within eight days of its receipt. Prosecutor Ruskovska has been conducting pre-trial investigations in regard to two cases, one for the Financial Police and the other for the technical inspection station where the bus that burned down in Bulgaria was registered. The Financial Police Office filed on Aug. 8 a criminal complaint to the Skopje Public Prosecutor’s Office, which covers all prosecutors the Financial Police believes are suspected of committing crimes while taking actions as part of a case during which a search was ordered in the institution. The Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday the Chief Public Prosecutor, Ljubomir Joveski, has decided “to remove a public prosecutor from their position while a criminal procedure initiated after a criminal report was filed against them is under way” in accordance with the Law on Public Prosecution. The Chief Public Prosecutor has filed a proposal on opening a disciplinary procedure aimed at establishing the responsibility of three public prosecutors, suspected of “making a major professional blunder with intention and without justification.”