Šabić: Inappropriate remarks about Savamala by Vučić
The commissioner Rodoljub Šabić said that the disclosing of the name of the prosecutor in the Savamala case did not affect the conduct of the proceedings.
Friday, 07.10.2016.
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Šabić: Inappropriate remarks about Savamala by Vučić
Commenting on Vučić’s statement that the disclosing of the name indicates that double standards apply in Serbia and proves that certain individuals can put pressure on independent state bodies and Maja Gojković’s statement that the disclosure is dangerous and outrageous, Šabić noted that “neither the prime minister's reference to some sort of ‘double standards’ nor the president's ‘outrageous’ have any ground in law or fact.”Adding that he did not pose the question of whether such comments made by the highest state officials represent an attempt to influence the work of an independent controlling authority, the commissioner pointed out that the disclosing of the case number and the name of the acting officeholder in no way affected its independence.
“This, of course, does not affect or guide the proceedings in any direction, not even for example toward ‘the idiots from the top of city government’, which the prime minister felt free to do,” the commissioner said.
Šabić also said that his decision that this information should be disclosed did not manifest any “double standards” nor anything unusual, and most certainly not “outrageous,” but rather the consistent practice of the commissioner reiterated over several years and a number of decisions, based on the standards contained in our law and those that are generally accepted in the democratic world.
“The commissioner is of the view that the authorities have long been bound to – on their own and without any intervention by the commissioner – give the public much more information about the case, which rightfully incites an increasing interest among both the domestic and foreign public,” Šabić added.
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