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Bulgaria: Council of Europe, SJC should be reformed
Venice Commission, some critical points remain
07 October, 14:57
(ANSA) - STRASBOURG - Bulgaria has made progress but needs to
carry out some more reforms to strengthen and fill the gaps of
its Supreme Judicial Council, according to Venice Commission,
which calls on the Bulgarian authorities to introduce a number
of key measures.
Above all, they should ensure that at least half of the judges
who make up the SJC are elected by their peers. The Commission
also urges the government to reduce the ''relevant role played
by the Public Prosecutor in presiding over judges''. The
Commission also calls on the SJC to opt for a procedure which
will enable it to independently and effectively investigate into
complaints of prosecutor's misconduct and to ''substantially
reduce'' the role and power of the public prosecutor beyond the
criminal law. (ANSA).
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