Members of the Association of Judges will, as a sign of warning, periodically suspend proceedings in court proceedings, except in custody proceedings, proceedings against minors and cases of an urgent nature, due to, as they believe, the negative attitude of the Government towards the judicial branch of government and non-compliance with the obligations assumed under the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges. where irreparable damage could occur.
"In order to achieve the above requirements, the Association of Judges of Montenegro is determined to take the following warning measures: on November 11, 2024, in the period from 11.00:12.00 a.m. to 18:2024 p.m., all actions in court proceedings will be postponed, except for custody proceedings, proceedings against minors and cases of an urgent nature where irreparable damage could occur. In the period from November 29, 2024 to November XNUMX, XNUMX, all actions in court proceedings, except for custody, proceedings against minors and cases of an urgent nature, where irreparable damage could occur in second-instance proceedings, council sessions will be held, but decisions will not be sent except in custody proceedings, proceedings against minors and cases of an urgent nature where irreparable damage could be caused," it is written in the letter of the Association of Judges with which they introduced the lawyers, it was told unofficially to Vijesti.
It was explained that during the duration of the warning measures, the judges who implement the measures will be at their place of work and perform other tasks related to their duties throughout their working hours.
"These are initial measures, which will be terminated at the moment when the Government of Montenegro adopts the requests, while otherwise they will be continued or changed in accordance with the decisions of the USCG".
The judges request that the Government respect the obligations from Article 5 of the Law on the Judicial Council and Judges, which stipulates that judges exercise the right to salary, salary compensation, other income and rights related to the exercise of judicial function in accordance with the law regulating the salaries of holders of judicial function .
They demand that as a temporary solution the Government adopt a joint proposal of the Association of Judges and the Judicial Council on amendments to the Law on Salaries of Public Sector Employees on increasing the coefficient for calculating judges' salaries, and as a permanent solution to guarantee that by 31.03.2025. to determine the draft Law on Salaries of Holders of Judicial Offices.
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