Prosecutor General Olsian Çela is reporting for the year 2023 to the High Council of Prosecution.
Çela described this year as a challenging year due to the new judicial map.
The year 2023 was a challenging year for the prosecutions of the general jurisdiction due to administrative and procedural issues related to the implementation of the new judicial map and the continuation of the reduction in the number of prosecutors as a result of suspension or dismissal during the transitional re-evaluation process.
However, the efforts and professionalism of the prosecutors at all levels regardless of the workload, and the institutional and inter-institutional cooperation, gave results in the investigative work and the implementation of the recommendations addressed to the prosecutors with general jurisdiction, as will be presented below. '- said Cela.
The Prosecutor General also stopped the number of prosecutors.
In 2023 , the actual number of prosecutors in the prosecution offices of the general jurisdiction was 198 (including the appointments in July of 26 new magistrates). This indicator shows the actual structure with 62% of prosecutors against the organic number of 321 prosecutors and the absence of 38% of the number of prosecutors. In this view, the situation of the actual number of prosecutors according to the levels of the prosecutor's offices was: - 177 prosecutors in the prosecutor's offices near the courts of first instance, or 101 prosecutors less compared to the organic number (64% of the organic structure); 10 prosecutors in the prosecution at the Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction or 16 prosecutors less compared to the organic number (38% of the organic structure) and 11 prosecutors in the General Prosecutor's Office or 6 prosecutors less than the organic number (65% of the organic structure) . '- said Cela.
Chief Prosecutor Çela said that in 2023, 55,253 reports were handled, 9.4% less than in 2022
During 2023 , 55,253 incriminating materials were handled in the prosecution body, which is a decrease of 9.4% compared to 2022. A total of 45,715 criminal proceedings were followed, which is a decrease of 5.2% compared to 2022 , of which 24,095 are registered criminal proceedings, with a decrease of 6.2% compared to 2022, and 201 resumed criminal proceedings, which shows a decrease of 70% compared to 2022. 21,011 criminal proceedings were carried out with a a decrease of 3.9% compared to the proceedings carried out in 2022. It was decided not to start for 9946 references and criminal reports, which means a decrease of 22.2% compared to the year 2022. - said Çela.