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On Sept. 8, the Attorneys Guild of Serbia issued a public appeal to law enforcement and the media, calling on the former to avoid excessive force and on the latter to “report truthfully and objectively, without targeting attorneys, judicial officers or members of the public.”
Issued over “recent happenings that have threatened the constitutional freedoms and rights of the public,” the press release demanded “a thorough investigation into all cases of excessive [police] force and violations of Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.”
“The matter of universities and their autonomy requires a careful evaluation of regulations with minimal, appropriately-scaled police presence,” the Guild stated, referencing the spate of clashes between the university students blockading their school in protest against government corruption, and the police intervening at the behest of pro-regime deans and rectors.
It was further said that “laws must be passed in keeping with the Constitution and following a public debate of all stakeholders.”
“Any legislative changes made without the input of the legal profession would be unacceptable because they would violate the legal profession’s Constitutionally prescribed independence and autonomy,” the statement further reads.
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic previously announced that, due to the country’s attorneys going on strike, the Legal Profession Act may be changed so as to allow a subset of attorneys to form their own, independent guild.
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