The affirmative evaluations that Serž Bramerc, the prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts (Mechanism), made about the work of the Special State Prosecutor's Office (SST) and the State Prosecutor's Organization of Montenegro in his address to the United Nations Security Council regarding the work of the Prosecutor's Office, say in support of the essential reform that our prosecutor's office is going through, announced today Momo Koprivica, the Deputy Prime Minister for the Political System, Justice and Anti-corruption.
"Among other things, he emphasized that Montenegro requested significant strengthening of cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office in order to support their investigations and prosecution of war crimes. Through the joint working group we established at the end of last year, the Prosecutor's Office provided extensive assistance in investigations related to a very important case. The prosecution also provided assistance in the preparation of the indictment in another case," Koprivica said in the statement.
He added that "this approach and the mentioned results on the plan, where there was no progress for years, are in line with the basic goals of our society and the state to indiscriminately prosecute all criminals and shed light on all the most serious crimes".
"Apart from the fight against organized crime and corruption, which are the most difficult inherited problems of our society, where measurable results have been largely achieved, the prosecution of these crimes is both a legal and a moral imperative. Therefore, the Code of Criminal Procedure was amended in order to use the evidence of the International residual mechanism, which was also important for EU integration," said Koprivica.
He said that in accordance with its competences, the Government of Montenegro strives to provide essential support to the independent and professional work of the State Prosecutor's Office.
"In this sense, the Law on SDT was reformed, the status of the SPO was strengthened, a set of activities was undertaken to adapt the old Government building for the needs of the SDT-SPO, the establishment of the judicial police is being prepared, concrete measures were taken to solve the lack of spatial capacity for work of the state prosecutor's office, such as in Pljevlje, Rožaje, etc., then legal incentive measures for the engagement of prosecutors in the areas from which they originate, as well as further measures to improve the material and financial position of the holders of judicial functions. A strong state prosecution is one of the basic pillars of the legal system," said Koprivica.
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