Criminal complaints against FM Djuric, Kozarev and 10 Serbian ambassadors dismissed

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The special anti-corruption department of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has rejected criminal complaints filed against Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Djuric, the active general secretary in that ministry, Dusan Kozarev, and 10 ambassadors of the Republic of Serbia in various countries, who faced allegations of criminal offenses of violation of the right to vote.

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The criminal complaints were rejected because the actions of the reported persons do not carry all the essential characteristics of the reported criminal acts, that is, the reported acts are not criminal acts for which they can be prosecuted.

In the explanation of the decision dismissing the criminal complaints, it was pointed out that Article 56 of the Law on the Election of People's Deputies stipulates that polling stations abroad are determined by the Republic Election Commission (RIK), as proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It follows from the aforementioned provision that it is necessary to distinguish the authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to propose polling stations, from the competence of the Republic Election Commission, which determines them.

The mere fact that a certain polling station was not proposed, i.e. that voters are directed to travel to another polling station in order to vote, does not constitute the act of committing any of the reported criminal acts, especially bearing in mind that the essential elements of some of the criminal acts under the heading of criminal acts against official duty (such as obtaining benefits, causing damage or aggravating the rights of others) have not been carried out.

(Telegraf.rs)