IskraHadziVasileva has been elected the new head of the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecuting Organized Crime and Corruption (PPO-OCC) after receiving 64 votes out of 171 valid ballots in Wednesday’s vote, according to the summarized results from the five polling stations across the country. The official minutes of the vote will be published tomorrow, after which the prosecutors who took part in the election will have five hours to file any appeals. Once the deadline expires, the minutes will become official, confirming HadziVasileva’s election.
TrajchePelivanov received the second-highest number of votes, with 57, followed by Jovan Cvetanovski with 30, FatonAzizi with 14 and LidijaRaichevikj with six. Four ballots were invalid, while 12 public prosecutors did not exercise their right to vote.
Voting took place from 8 am to 4 pm, after which the results were summarized at a public session of the Council of Public Prosecutors. Five public prosecutors ran for the post: FatonAzizi, TrajchePelivanov, LidijaRaichevikj, IskraHadziVasileva and Jovan Cvetanovski.
The election process was conducted by a commission established by the Council of Public Prosecutors, comprising ErmonNeziri, Svetlana Stojkovikj and KetiPetkova.
Following the vote, State Public Prosecutor NenadSaveski said that it was an important democratic process in which prosecutors directly decide who will head the office responsible for prosecuting organized crime and corruption.