Prosecutor General’s Office to start training would-be military prosecutors soon

The Prosecutor General’s Office will soon begin work on training would-be military prosecutors – as Belarus’ Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told journalists, when commenting on the results of a meeting with the Head of State on the issue of forming military prosecutor’s offices

Andrei Shved said that the issue of the formation and work of military prosecutor’s offices was considered at a meeting with the President’s participation by a wide range of officials, “The Head of State noted the need to further strengthen the role of the prosecutor’s office as a supervisory body and take all measures to strengthen prosecutorial supervision, including over our Armed Forces and other military formations. As the Belarusian leader noted, he tasked the General Prosecutor’s Office to begin work on training would-be military prosecutors in the near future.”

The point is that a kind of intermediate system (structure) will be established, which should prepare the necessary personnel who have experience in military service and understand the peculiarities of the supervisory activities of the Armed Forces and military formations. When the structure is fully prepared, if it becomes necessary to form a military prosecutor’s office, it will be set up as quickly as possible.

Andrei Shved explained that, as far as the personnel reserve is concerned, the task is to identify those specialists who – if necessary – could put on military uniform, serve as officers and supervise the Armed Forces and military formations.

“The main task is to strengthen the prosecutor’s office as a whole (as a supervisory agency), including strengthening supervision over compliance with the rule of law in the Armed Forces and military formations. As the Head of State said, prosecutors must know the real situation, report and take timely measures to ensure that everything in our troops is done according to the law. The task has been set, and it will be fulfilled,” the Prosecutor General stressed.