PM Zdravko Krivokapić offered the Democratic Front leaders Andrija Mandić and Milan Knežević a compromise according to which the key recommendations of the Venice Commission (VC) on prosecutorial laws would be implemented in stages, through amendments by the Government and the parliamentary majority, Pobjeda has learnt.
Several Pobjeda sources say that Mr Krivokapić‘s offer, which is currently unacceptable to Messrs. Knežević and Mandić, envisages first the adoption of recommendations that are easy to adopt, such as the changes in the composition of the Prosecutorial Council.
“No country would follow the VC recommendations. The chief special prosecutor must leave – that is the red line below which the DF won’t go”, says the Pobjeda source close to the DF. The source adds that the Prime Minister’s offer relating to 3 deputy prime minister seats is still on the table.
According to Pobjeda, the compromise was offered before the PMQs, at which Mr Krivokapić said that “with the VC recommendations, the acting chief special prosecutor can be dismissed”. Meanwhile, the situation has not changed.
“Since then, there hasn’t been any progress, so we are still in a stalemate”, the Pobjeda source says.
