Deskoska: The “Racket” case only sped up SPO’s merge with the public prosecution

 We should not associate personal responsibility with the responsibility of an entire institution. The “Racket” case only sped up the integration of the Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for organized crime and corruption, says Justice Minister Renata Deskoska.

Deskoska told Telma TV that the idea was put forward by the Ministry in the talks with with the opposition on the new PPO law, and expects VMRO-DPMNE to accept the law because the prosecutor’s office for organized crime has demonstrated its capability to handle high-level corruption cases.

“Last week’s events were truly unpleasant, even shocking for those of us who expected, believed and sought for efficient mechanisms in the fight against corruption. However, I believe that personal responsibility should not be associated with the responsibility of an entire institution. These events have demonstrated that a previously non-functional institution – the prosecutor’s office for organized crime – now has the capacity, will and readiness to initiate criminal proceedings against persons who, in a way, represented themselves as powerful, and protect others who were subject to racketeering, which was not the case at the time of the former authorities,” says Deskoska.

According to her, this gives hope that the existing institutions can respond to the challenges if the executive does not interfere or put pressure.

“This is an encouraging signal and that is why we want to strengthen this prosecutor’s office, both in financial and human resources, because we see its potential in producing results,” says Deskoska.