ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday negatively assessed a report on the work of the State Prosecution and relieved State Prosecutor Radovan Ortynski of duty, nominating Split County Prosecutor Mladen Bajic as
his successor.
ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday
negatively assessed a report on the work of the State Prosecution
and relieved State Prosecutor Radovan Ortynski of duty, nominating
Split County Prosecutor Mladen Bajic as his successor. #L#
Commenting on the annual report on the work of the State
Prosecution, Deputy Justice Minister Miljenko Kovac said the main
objection referred to the fact that the Prosecutor's Office had
processed 34.6 percent or 20,543 less cases. The report contains no
data on how much the State Prosecution has contributed to the
discovery and processing of different types of crime, he added.
Another objection refers to the poor prevention of white-collar
crime and corruption, which resulted in the failure to prosecute
those crimes.
Speaking about the nomination of Mladen Bajic, Prime Minister Ivica
Racan said that Bajic had excellent references, particularly in the
prosecution of white-collar crime.
The government accepted a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister Goran
Granic that parameters on the State Prosecutor's work programme be
defined more precisely. The parliament also adopted a conclusion
binding the State Prosecutor to submit to the government the
Prosecution's work programme within a month's time.
Mladen Bajic was born on December 28, 1950 in Split, where he
graduated from the Law School. He earned his master's degree in
criminal law at the Zagreb Law School.
Bajic started working in the judiciary in 1975 and was appointed
Split County Prosecutor last August.
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