Skopje, 17 March 2026 (MIA) - Parliament is expected to vote Wednesday on the proposal to elect Nenad Saveski as the new chief prosecutor. Saveski, currently a judge at the Skopje-based Criminal Court, was nominated by the government on March 10 and requires a minimum of 61 parliamentary votes to be appointed. His nomination follows the resignation of former chief prosecutor Ljupcho Kocevski, after a selection process involving five candidates.

Saveski, 50, lives in Gostivar, married and father of three. He earned an M.A. degree in penal law from the Skopje-based Faculty of Law and passed the bar in 2003. He has been a Criminal Court judge in the Department of Organized Crime and Corruption since 2016.

Saveski was also engaged as an expert by OSCE, the National Convention on the EU - Chapter 23, Council of Europe and USAID. He is a member of the working groups on judicial reforms and was hired for projects on special investigative measures, detention and criminal proceedings.

Saveski is also a lecturer at the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors, a national tutor and trainer in the Council of Europe's HELP programme, as well as trainer on human rights and criminal law.

He is the author and co-author of papers on special investigative measures, freedom of expression, defamation and insult, asset confiscation, the right to privacy, as well as several guides and professional publications. He speaks Macedonian, English, German, Serbian, and basic Albanian.

Five candidates submitted applications at the Parliament’s public call for election of the Chief Prosecutor - Acting Chief Prosecutor Anita Topolova-Isajlovska, prosecutor Lenche Ristovska, Criminal Court judge Nenad Saveski, former Criminal Court president Vladimir Panchevski and Skopje-based prosecutor Lidija Raichevikj.

On February 17, the Council of Public Prosecutors issued a positive opinion for four of the five candidates for state public prosecutor - Topolova-Isajlovska, Ristovska, Saveski, and Raichevikj. The Council unanimously concluded that Vladimir Panchevski did not fulfill the statutory requirements regarding professional experience.

Anita Topolova Isajlovska was elected acting state chief public prosecutor, succeeding Ljupcho Kocevski who resigned on December 17, 2025. Topolova Isajlovska serves as chief state public prosecutor until a new one is elected, no longer than six months.

According to the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office, received applications are forwarded to the government. After the applications are submitted, the government requests an opinion from the Council of Public Prosecutors on all candidates. The Council is obliged to provide reasoned opinions within 15 days. If the Council does not give a positive opinion on any of the candidates, the government cannot submit a proposal and recommends that Parliament announce a new call. A new state public prosecutor must be elected with 61 votes from the MPs.

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