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Balkan Insight (26 July 2021)

Haris Rovcanin

In a ruling that may be appealed, Bosnia’s top judicial body said it was removing the Chief Prosecutor for professional negligence – and for repeatedly ignoring its decisions.

The Disciplinary Commission of Bosnia’s High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, HJPC, the country’s most senior judicial body, has axed Gordana Tadić as Chief Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it announced on Monday, citing professional negligence among other issues.

It said it had established her responsibility for offences “not only involving the performance of the prosecutorial function, but also other activities relevant to the prosecution’s business, thus showing negligence … in performing official duties and failure, for unjustified reasons, to act in accordance with the decisions … of the Council,” the HJPC statement announced.

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