Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutor ordered to investigate Facebook posts

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Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutor ordered to investigate Facebook posts

The prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH Gordana Tadic was imposed a disciplinary measure by the First Instance Disciplinary Commission of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of BiH HJPC BiH, which has been responsible for publishing untrue content on her Facebook account, for a period of 12 months.

As announced by the HJPC in a public post on the social media Facebook, Tadic, using language inappropriate for the position she performs, made untrue statements about the content of the conversation and the reason for the meeting between the members of the HJPC and the defendant and the President of the Court of BiH.

Tadic stated that at the meeting, HJPC members pressured the defendant, then the chief prosecutor, to transfer certain cases of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH to another prosecutor's office, after which disciplinary proceedings against the defendant would not be initiated. The statement of the HJPC states that the defendant's publication was received in the public media space, causing public interest and comments, in which way it called into question the authority and impartiality of the Council and the judiciary as a whole and violated the dignity of the judicial function.

For the above disciplinary offense, the First Instance Disciplinary Commission imposed a 30 percent reduction in salary for a period of 12 months.

In January 2023, Tadic denied responsibility for the lawsuit and said she felt pressured by the president of the State Court Ranko Debevac and the former director of the Intelligence-Security Agency of BiH.

There is a possibility that the decision could be appealed to the Second Instance Disciplinary Commission of the HJPC of BiH.

Tadic was previously transferred from the position of chief prosecutor to the position of the prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH due to disciplinary violations.

The US imposed sanctions on Tadic because of the undermining of democratic processes in the Western Balkans. She was sanctioned for being involved in actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the Western Balkans.