SUPREME PROSECUTOR WAKES UP FROM A LONG SLUMBER: She has finally urged prosecutors to act in accordance with the law!

All 87 public prosecutor’s offices across Serbia, including the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime (TOK), received a mandatory instruction this morning from Supreme Public Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac.

The mandatory instruction states:

“To ensure legality, effectiveness and uniformity in the conduct of all public prosecutors, with the aim of monitoring and directing the work of public prosecutor’s offices and supervising the implementation of general mandatory instructions, pursuant to Article 31, paragraph 3 of the Law on Public Prosecution, all chief public prosecutors, as well as public prosecutors designated by the annual work schedule to replace a chief public prosecutor, are required to:

Allow the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office, through members of the Commission established by Decision No. A 513/26 of the Supreme Public Prosecutor dated October 27, 2026, without delay and for the purpose of their presence at the public prosecutor’s office headed by the chief public prosecutor, to inspect any case file held by that office upon the request of a Commission member, provided the case is identified by description or in another individualized manner,” the instruction states, adding:

“To provide the Commission with suitable working conditions on the premises of the public prosecutor’s office, subject to the consent of the Commission members.

Monitoring and directing the work of public prosecutor’s offices and supervising the implementation of the general mandatory instruction, within the meaning of this instruction, applies in particular to criminal cases involving offenses against life and limb, against the freedom and rights of individuals and citizens, against electoral rights, against the economy, against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Serbia, against official duty, and other criminal cases that the Commission considers relevant to the implementation of this instruction.

Failure to comply with a general mandatory instruction issued by the Supreme Public Prosecutor constitutes a disciplinary offense under Article 115, paragraph 1, item 7 of the Law on Public Prosecution,” the mandatory instruction issued by Supreme Public Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac states.