Skopje, 19 December 2023 (MIA) – Three candidates have applied for the new state public prosecutor position, including Fatime Fetai from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office - Skopje, Lidija Raichevikj from the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office - Skopje and Ljupcho Kocevski from the Public Prosecutor's Office in the Republic of North Macedonia, after the Parliament's call was published in the Official Gazette. 

The proposals have been submitted to the Government, which is to decide on a candidate based on an opinion of the Council of Public Prosecutors' review of the list of applicants, the Parliament told MIA. 

The Parliament's call for a new chief public prosecutor was published on November 29, 2023, after lawmakers voted to appoint a new public prosecutor.

Outgoing chief prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski's term in office ends on December 25.

According to the Law on Public Prosecutor's Office, applications may be submitted within 15 days after the call's publication in the Official Gazette.

Eligible candidates are those who have at least 10 years' experience as a public prosecutor or as a criminal judge.

The chief public prosecutor is appointed by Parliament, at the proposal of the Government, with a term of office of six years, and they may be reelected to another term.

Joveski was appointed State Public Prosecutor on December 25, 2017, succeeding Marko Zvrlevski who had been dismissed in August 2017.

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