The results of work with appeals have been summarized

June 11, 2020

One of the main criteria for evaluating the activities of any government body is the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens. The successful resolution of these issues largely depends on the effectiveness of the system of working with the public.

These requirements fully apply to the prosecutor's offices, which are entrusted with the functions of ensuring legality and the rule of law in the state.

It should be noted that in the past year, more than 6.5 thousand people applied to prosecutors during personal interviews alone. For the convenience of citizens, personal interviews are conducted at the regional prosecutor's office (the only one in the republic) on weekdays from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, as well as on weekends from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

In 2019, the prosecutor of the region also changed the procedure for personal interviews with citizens and legal entities by his deputies. Thus, it is now possible to appeal the actions (decisions) of prosecutors of cities and districts, the Vitebsk transport prosecutor, as well as heads of structural divisions of the regional prosecutor's office (in areas supervised by the deputies of the regional prosecutor) without prior appointment on established days and hours (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM or from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM). More detailed information is available on the information board of the regional prosecutor's office and the websites of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus.

The fact that

in 2018, citizens and legal entities submitted more than 9.3 thousand written applications, a third of which were outside the competence of prosecutors, also testifies to the trust in the prosecutor's offices.

5.5 thousand appeals were directly resolved. The largest number of appeals were resolved in the regional apparatus, the prosecutor's offices of Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, Polotsk, Vitebsk, Tolochin, Chashnik, Lepel, Gorodok districts.

Despite the fact that there is a decrease in the number of resolved appeals in the region, their satisfaction rate is increasing and is almost

30%. The highest proportion of satisfied appeals in prosecutor's offices: Sharkovshchinsky (68.8%), Postavsky (64.2%), Lepelsky (61.6%), Lioznensky (61.4%), Gorodoksky (60.9%), Dokshitsky (57.1%), Tolochinsky (53.2%), Beshenkovichsky (52.8%) districts, which should be noted by the heads of local authorities and law enforcement agencies.

The actions (decisions) of inquiry bodies (over 1.4 thousand appeals resolved), investigators of the Investigative Committee (over 600 appeals) were most frequently appealed. At the same time, the main reasons for their satisfaction are the incompleteness of checks on applications and reports of crimes, and the bias of the investigation. The largest number of such appeals were considered in the regional apparatus, prosecutor's offices of Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, Polotsk, Vitebsk, Chashnik districts.

Over 1.0 thousand appeals were resolved regarding supervision of legislation enforcement. Most frequently appealed were the actions (decisions) of bodies conducting administrative proceedings, and resolutions on bringing to administrative responsibility.

The majority of satisfied appeals regarding compliance with labor legislation concerned late payment of wages, unjustified deductions, and illegal prosecution.

For example, thanks to the intervention of the prosecutor's office of Novopolotsk, the former employee of a limited liability company was issued a work record book and received final settlement upon dismissal. Also, by the resolution of the deputy prosecutor of the city, the head of the company was brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Article 9.19 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus in the form of a fine of 2 basic units.

Over 70 complaints were considered regarding the enforcement of legislation on citizens' and legal entities' appeals, about 10% of which were deemed justified. Unfortunately, cases of improper consideration of appeals, failure to notify applicants of decisions made, and failure to explain the procedure for appealing responses still occur.

For instance, the prosecutor's office of Polotsk district, for violations of the specified legislation, namely the failure to notify the applicant of the decisions made on their appeals, brought the chairman of the Polotsk district committee of trade unions of the agro-industrial complex to administrative responsibility under Article 9.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Belarus.

Citizens and legal entities quite often apply to prosecutor's offices regarding the protection of their rights in court

in order. Thus, in the past year, prosecutors filed more than 2.0 thousand claims in general courts, and more than 300 lawsuits in economic courts.

In total, in 2018, prosecutors took prosecutorial response measures based on the results of considering 1484 appeals from individuals and legal entities.

Deputy Head

of the Organizational and Control Department

of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office S.L. Zaitseva