Katica Janeva as a suspect in the “Racket” case has no right to order SPO prosecutors how to handle the prosecution’s cases, experts said. Lawyer Aleksandar Nakov, in a statement to Alsat, says that Katica Janeva’s position as head of the SPO ended at the moment she was detained. Nakov adds that the special prosecutors, in the absence of a new SPO chief prosecutor, have their hands tied on other cases and investigations.

According to the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office, the public prosecutor leaves its position while in custody. According to some legal experts, the only way to continue investigations into the SPO cases is to adopt the new Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office.