The President of the Supreme Court, Vesna Medenica, and the President of the Basic Court, Zoran Radović, can be elected as heads of those courts again, although it would be their third term in office.
The Law on the Judicial Council stipulates that the same person can be elected president of the same court a maximum of two times, however, the Judicial Council explained to "Vijesti" that this act applies from January 1, 2016 and is not valid for an earlier period.
The Judicial Council published a public advertisement for the election of the President of the Supreme Court on May 13 this year, and the deadline for submitting applications is 15 days.
"For now, no application has been submitted," says the Council's reply.
Medenica has been the head of the Supreme Court since 2008, and she was president of the Judicial Council for two terms.
Before that, she held the position of Supreme State Prosecutor, and she also held the position of head of the Prosecutor's Council. Her mandate expires on July 26 this year, and the head of the court is elected for five years.
According to the Law, a person who has at least 15 years of work experience as a judge or state prosecutor, or a person who is characterized by professional impartiality, high professional and moral qualities, can be elected as the president of the Supreme Court.
Regarding the election of the president of the Basic Court, the current president of the court, Radović, and the judge of that court, Željka Jovović, applied to the advertisement.
"According to the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Council, after the public announcement, which has been completed, the process of evaluating the registered candidates based on the established criteria is underway. Only after the comprehensive job of evaluating candidates for court presidents, other activities of this procedure follow, evaluation of the work program, interview, etc. Only after the overall procedure has been carried out, the Judicial Council makes a decision on the selection", the Council states. According to unofficial information from "Vijesti" about the election of the president of the Basic Court, the Judicial Council will decide at the end of May.
Radović has been the president of the Basic Court in Podgorica since 2009.
Before that, he was the primary state prosecutor at the Bar.
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