With no candidate receiving the necessary support, a new competition / day will be preached to the position of Prosecutor General

He explained that such a decision had been made because none of the three candidates had received the required number of votes.

It has already been reported that just a month, July 11, the term of office of current Attorney General Jur Stukan will expire.

The competition was submitted by Stukans, Aivars Ostapko, Chief Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the International Cooperation Department, and Uvis Kozlovskis, prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Prosecutor’s Office.

According to the Law of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Saeima shall be appointed by the Prosecutor General for five years on the proposal of the Council of Justice. The same person may hold this position for up to two consecutive terms.

The Saeima unanimously approved the former Chairman of the Criminal Court of the Riga Regional Court, the Saeima unanimously approved the position of Attorney General on June 18, 2020.

This year, the AT received an application for alleged violations of the law committed by the Prosecutor General. Prosecutor Viorika Jirgena turned to the alarms at the AT Chairman Strupish, pointing out a violation of the Prosecutor’s Office’s law, which manifested as instructions to carry out the conviction of the supervisor of the supervisor Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) in the case of a flight.

However, at the plenary, when evaluating the results of the test, did not see the basis for dismissing Stucan. At the same time, the opinion states that Stucan should pay attention to his statements and work ethics.

Meanwhile, Stucan denied that prosecutor Jirgen had told the offensive phrases quoted in her alarm report or insisted someone on the former prime minister’s flight.