Perhaps it was to be expected that with quality candidates for the president of the Supreme Court, the support would be divided, conditionally speaking, but obstruction and invalid votes were certainly not expected, and that from those who should be the first to be invited and who are responsible for the improvement of the entire judiciary and the rule of law in Montenegro, said the Center for Civil Liberties (NGO CEGAS).
They said that they expected the final election of the President of the Supreme Court, but that even the last decision of the General Session of the Supreme Court did not provide a candidate, thus clearly jeopardizing the fulfillment of the temporary criteria for Chapters 23 and 24.
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"By amending the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges, it will be possible to relieve this currently rather painful process for the judges of the Supreme Court, but CEGAS points out that in addition to the changes to this Law, work must be done on adequate changes to the Law on Courts, the Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Council, the Rules of Procedure of the General Session of the Supreme Court, the Decision on the number of judges in the courts and the Code of Ethics for judges," said this NGO.
This, they add, would solve numerous issues, but also the issue of determining the relevant majority for passing decisions of the Supreme Court session, the provision on the disqualification of a judge at the General Session of the Supreme Court, who is also a candidate for the President of the Supreme Court, in addition to the greater powers of the Judicial Council, when we have one of these situations.
"We expect transparency and essential changes in the aforementioned Laws and Rules of Procedure, which will be worked on in detail and discussed constructively by all interested parties," said CEGAS.
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