Monika Zajkova to submit bill for electronic bracelets and panic devices

MP Monika Zajkova said she expects to submit a draft law introducing electronic bracelets to track offenders and panic devices for victims to the Assembly today, if the text is finalised beforehand. This is the third time she has pushed such a legislative proposal.

The initiative aims to prevent breaches of court orders that bar offenders from approaching victims. Under Zajkova's proposal, an electronic bracelet would be mandatory in cases assessed as high risk of violence and when prior misdemeanor measures have already been imposed.

Key provisions

The draft sets out several technical and procedural measures:

• An alarm would be triggered if the offender comes within less than 100 metres of the victim, the victim's home, workplace or the children's school.
• A panic device would be carried by the victim, subject to her consent.
• Zajkova proposes that the court decide on imposing the measure within six hours instead of 24 hours, which she considers too long in urgent situations.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior is preparing its own legislative proposal on protection from domestic violence, a separate but parallel effort to strengthen legal tools and responses.

Lawmakers say the initiatives come after the seventh registered femicide in the country and are intended to speed up institutional reactions and improve victim safety.

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