Commissioner for information of public importance Rodoljub Šabić held talks today with the War crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević , and Miljko Radisavljević, the Special prosecutor in the struggle against organized crime, on effectuating rights to free public information access in the legal departments, and especially in the Prosecutor Office, assessing talks as very useful, Commissioner Rodoljub Šabić has reiterated:
„Access to information owned by the authority, is the prerequisite for better informing the public, which helps to better form an opinion on the state of the society, and performance of the government body. On the other side, a fair treatment of the public's right to know, is the best way for the authority, and the Prosecution to maintain their integrity and reaffirm their accountability.
By the nature of their business the Prosecution is frequently in possession of information, which for a certain period of time could be withheld from the public. However, during their operations, withholding information from the public is permitted only according to the stipulations of the Law on free information access.
The fact that the Heads of two very important Prosecution Offices demonstrate the readiness to maximize their accountability to their obligations stipulated in the Law on free information access is extremely important, especially since good examples are not that frequent. There were many problems in realizations of the rights to information access in possession of various Prosecution Offices, even significant drastic examples. Even to this day, some problems still remain in the communication of the public with the Prosecution Offices, and it is of utmost importance that the situation improves. Previous Heads of the Belgrade and County Prosecution Offices, did not adhere to the Law in this matter, to say the least. In the future I shall hold talks with the acting Republic Prosecutor Slobodan Radovanović, convinced that this conversation will give useful effects for adaptation of the Law for Free Access for Information of Public Importance.”