Izvor: N1 televizija, 08.Maj.2018, 18:08 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Serbian MPs not protected from prosecution by UN tribunal
Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic says that a seat in parliament does not guarantee immunity from prosecution before the Hague Tribunal, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday.
Kuburovic said in a May 3 letter to the UN war crimes tribunal that the fact that Serbian Radical Party (SRS) MPs Petar Jojic and Vjerica Radeta would not be granted immunity if the tribunal handed their trial over to the Serbian judiciary. >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << She added that Jojic and Radeta are willing to face a court in Serbia.
Tribunal prosecutor Dianna Ellis said earlier that the case should not be handed to the Serbian judiciary because the two SRS MPs would enjoy freedom from prosecution but Kuburovic denied that saying that MPs do not enjoy immunity if they are being brought to trial for crimes which bring a prison sentence.
The Serbian authorities have expressed readiness to bring Jojic and Radeta to trial. They have been indicted by the UN tribunal for threatening, blackmailing and bribing witnesses in the trial of their party leader Vojislav Seselj. The Serbian authorities refused to extradite them claiming that there was no obligation to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal in cases which were not about war crimes. The case has been passed on to the successor court, the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals.
