The BiH Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release this week responding to accusations made by Judge Branko Peric. Peric, a senior judge of the Court of BiH, indicated in a recent interview that he felt the Prosecutor’s Office operated under the political influence of the SDA and SDP parties. Judge Peric also raised allegations of illegal wiretapping.
“If prosecutors illegally use gadgets for listening-in and tracking down, that is the end of the rule of law, of trust in the judiciary, of professional responsibility and a moral code,” Judge Peric wrote.
Peric criticized many other aspects of the work of Prosecutor’s office, saying that some investigations appeared to be politically motivated.
These included the investigation into responsibility for the failure of Bosnia to implement the 2009 Sejdic-Finci ruling of the European Court of Human Rights.
Another was the investigation into the director of the State Investigative and Protection Agency, Goran Zubac, over responsibility for the unrest in the recent street protests. Peric said the probe was clearly an attempt to discredit him.
The Prosecutor’s Office denied the accusations and called them an “attack” on the institution of the Prosecutor.
