The Judicial Council determined the list of candidates for the president of the Supreme Court: Pavličić is on it

The Judicial Council determined today the list of candidates for the President of the Supreme Court.

As told to "Vijesti", the established list of candidates includes all applicants - Valentina Pavličić, Ana Vuković, Vesna Vučković and Miodrag Pešić.

Minister of Justice Bojan Božović attended the session in order, as "Vijesti" announced yesterday, to reconcile positions and clarify ambiguities regarding the determination of the list of candidates for the president of the Supreme Court, a position that has been vacant since the end of 2020.

Last week, the Judicial Council could not determine the list of candidates for the president of the Supreme Court at the electronic session because they argued about whether the candidate Valentina Pavličić met the conditions of the competition.

The dispute at the electronic session arose over the interpretation of Article 33 of the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges, i.e. over whether the former representative of the state before the European Court of Human Rights has 20 years of cumulative or continuous service as a judge, prosecutor, lawyer, notary or in some other capacity legal affairs...

The interpretation of a number of members that Pavličić must have continuous experience in legal affairs is the reason why this issue was left for the regular session of the Judicial Council.

Iz The Ministry of Justice said that the amendments to the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges, which prescribes the conditions for the election of the President of the Supreme Court, made it possible for a person who is not a judge or state prosecutor to be elected to that position, and who has twenty years of work experience in various legal jobs , "which are counted cumulatively".

The Judicial Council announced that it will submit the list of candidates to the General Session of the Supreme Court of Montenegro in order to conduct interviews with the registered candidates and determine the proposal for the election of the president of that court in accordance with Article 35 of the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges.

Also, the Council noted the termination of the judicial function of Biserka Jovanović, the judge of the Court for Misdemeanors in Podgorica, due to fulfilling the conditions for exercising the right to an old-age pension.

The Council made a decision to publish an internal advertisement for the voluntary permanent assignment of one judge to the Court for Misdemeanors in Podgorica.