Candidates present bids for head of GOKK prosecutor's office in Skopje
Five prosecutors will present candidacies before the Council; the vote is scheduled for 28 October.
The Council of Public Prosecutors will hold a session today at 11:00 where five candidates will present their applications for the position of Basic Public Prosecutor at the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office for Prosecution of Organized Crime and Corruption (GOKK) — Skopje.
The official list of candidates includes senior public prosecutor Jovan Cvetanovski; Trajche Pelivanov, a prosecutor at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office and a former prosecutor at the Special Prosecutor's Office (SJO); prosecutor Lidija Raicevic from the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office — Skopje; and two prosecutors currently serving at the GOKK, Iskra Hadzhi-Vasileva and Faton Azizi.
Election procedure and timetable
The selection commission appointed by the Council comprises Ermon Neziri, Svetlana Stojkovic and Keti Petkova. The vote to choose the new Basic Public Prosecutor will be held on 28 October between 08:00 and 16:00 by secret, direct ballot of public prosecutors.
The procedure was launched because the mandate of the current head, Islam Abazi, has expired; Abazi was selected for the role in October 2022.
The public call for applications for the Basic Public Prosecutor of the GOKK was published in the Official Gazette on 21 August of this year.
Photo: press material from the event
