politics
The End of Zagorka Dolovac's Despotism: A Prosecutor Who Slowed Investigations on Her Orders Removed
Although the High Prosecutorial Council, after several hours of discussion on March 6, reassigned 7 out of 11 previously assigned public prosecutors to the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (JTOK), the biggest blow to the chief public prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac was the decision not to reassign her associate, prosecutor Aleksandar Barac from Novi Sad.
TL;DR
- The High Prosecutorial Council reassigned 7 out of 11 prosecutors to the Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (JTOK).
- Aleksandar Barac, an associate of Chief Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac, was not reassigned.
- Barac is accused of slowing down an investigation into railway reconstruction financing and taking a vacation during its launch.
- Dolovac allegedly favored Barac by assigning him cases that were either initiated by her or taken from other prosecutor's offices.
- The article asserts that media reports claiming the government prevented Barac's reassignment are false.
- Recent changes in the Law on Public Prosecution have shifted decision-making power regarding prosecutor assignments from Dolovac to the High Prosecutorial Council.