ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - The Croatian Judges' Association (UHS) supports the endeavours of the Justice Ministry and Supreme Court President Ivica Crnic to ensure that a 2003 state budget would have sufficient funds for the judiciary to
the effect that courts can function independently and efficiently.
ZAGREB, Oct 24 (Hina) - The Croatian Judges' Association (UHS)
supports the endeavours of the Justice Ministry and Supreme Court
President Ivica Crnic to ensure that a 2003 state budget would have
sufficient funds for the judiciary to the effect that courts can
function independently and efficiently. #L#
"We are aware that Croatia is in a difficult economic situation, but
the state is obliged to ensure funds and conditions for the normal
functioning of the judicial authorities if it wants to have an
efficient judiciary," the UHS President, Vladimir Gredelj, told
reporters after Thursday's session of the association's management
board.
On behalf of the association, Gredelj voiced objections to the
positive opinion which the panel of judges of the Vukovar County
Court gave for the candidacy of Milos Vojnovic for the job of a judge
in that court. Vojnovic, who is currently the vice-president of the
Serb Democratic Independent Party (SDSS) and a councillor in
Vukovar's assembly, was sentenced to 12 years in prison due to his
involvement in the rebellion against the Republic of Croatia, and
was later pardoned.
"We are unanimous in the assessment that persons like Vojnovic, who
took part in the bodies of the para-state "Krajina" and were
destroying the foundations of the Croatian state, can never become
judges in Croatia," Gredelj said.
The UHS will write to the Supreme Court and the State Judicial
Council (DSV) to warn them that in 1993 the final verdict was made
about Vojnovic who was found guilty of threatening Croatia's
integrity by taking part in the Serb rebellion. That is why he
cannot become a judge, the association said.
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