Parliament to Hold Emergency Session on Judiciary

05. 06. 2013

Parliament to Hold Emergency Session on Judiciary


The National Assembly will convene Wednesday an emergency session on the state of the judiciary in the wake of the fiasco surrounding the recent disappearance of the former boss of builder Vegrad Hilda Tovšak.


The session was requested by the opposition Democratic Party (SDS), which said the developments surrounding Tovšak's brief disappearance in mid-May were yet another proof that the judiciary was in disarray.

 

In addition to the Tovšak case, the party has also highlighted the Balkan Warrior drug smuggling trial as well as Friends in Bankruptcy scandal in support of its argument that the situation in the judiciary is alarming.

 

 

The SDS proposes that professional oversight bodies in the judiciary check the work of the country's top prosecutor and head of the Supreme Court.

 

The topic was debated by the Judiciary Committee Tuesday, but the session was suspended after eight hours of heated debate between MPs and senior justice officials and will resume before the plenary.

 

Source: The Slovenia Times

Parliament to Hold Emergency Session on Judiciary