Disciplinary Hearing for Salihović to Be Closed to the Public

The High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) has scheduled the first disciplinary hearing in the case against suspended Chief Prosecutor of the State Prosecutor's Office Goran Salihović for Tuesday, 6 December, Detektor.ba reports, as carried by Patria.

Salihović is suspected of a series of irregularities in the work of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to which he was suspended in September.

- We would note that there is a possibility that the disciplinary hearing for Goran Salihović will be closed to the public - said the HJPC.

The disciplinary complaint states that Salihović failed to seek his recusal in cases where there was a conflict of interest, engaged in inappropriate contacts with a judge or parties in proceedings, allowed persons not legally authorized to perform the duties of a prosecutor, and interfered in the proceedings of a judge or prosecutor.

Among the violations are also listed the intentional provision of false or insufficient information regarding job applications, disciplinary matters, issues of promotion and advancement in service, or any other matters within the competence of the HJPC, and by his behavior he called into question public trust in the impartiality and credibility of the State Prosecutor's Office.

Salihović dismissed the allegations of the disciplinary prosecutor as untrue.

Parallel to the disciplinary proceedings, the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is conducting a criminal investigation against Salihović.