High Judicial Council elections

Judges will today elect six members out of 150 candidates for the High Judicial Council (VSS). The polls opened at 7:30 CET at the Serbian courts.

Izvor: B92

Thursday, 03.03.2011.

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Judges will today elect six members out of 150 candidates for the High Judicial Council (VSS). The polls opened at 7:30 CET at the Serbian courts. Prosecutors will also choose five members of the State Prosecutors Council out of 12 candidates. High Judicial Council elections These are the first elections in which judges and prosecutors will independently choose their governing bodies which should be formed by March 15. The judges can vote until 15:30 and prosecutors until noon when polls will be closed. The ballots and records will be submitted to the election commissions and result of the elections should be known within 36 hours. Judges who hold a permanent judicial function, magistrate courts judges and High Magistrates Court judges are entitled to vote. Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen told B92 that this was the first time that the VSS and the State Prosecutors Council members would be elected directly. He also added that the elections would be monitored by OSCE and the EU.

High Judicial Council elections

These are the first elections in which judges and prosecutors will independently choose their governing bodies which should be formed by March 15.

The judges can vote until 15:30 and prosecutors until noon when polls will be closed.

The ballots and records will be submitted to the election commissions and result of the elections should be known within 36 hours.

Judges who hold a permanent judicial function, magistrate courts judges and High Magistrates Court judges are entitled to vote.

Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Homen told B92 that this was the first time that the VSS and the State Prosecutors Council members would be elected directly.

He also added that the elections would be monitored by OSCE and the EU.

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