The High Inspector of Justice paid an official visit to Sofia invited by his counterpart Mrs. Teodora Tochkova, General Inspector of the Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Mr. Metani was accompanied by HIJ inspectors, cabinet members, the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to Bulgaria, Mrs. Donika Hoxha and the international expert Mrs. Anita Mihailova.
The visit was held within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed between the Inspectorate to the Supreme Judicial Council of Bulgaria and the High Inspector of Justice in September 2021, during the visit of the Bulgarian counterparts in Tirana.
The importance of exchanging best practices in the process of inspection and disciplinary proceedings of magistrates was discussed during the working meeting with counterpart Tochkova, High Inspector of Justice, Mr. Metani, underlined the importance of this cooperation in the further development of the institution, in the context of fulfilling its constitutional competencies.
Mrs. Tochkova and the experts of the institution made a presentation of the competencies and composition of the institution, focusing on the procedures of conducting thematic and planned inspections, magistrates’ integrity and assets inspections, inspections in case of allegations of procrastination and inspections on the use of personal data. The HIJ delegation was closely acquainted with the Complaints Registry Office work as well as the Electronic Complaints Registration System and their distribution.
High Inspector of Justice Mr. Artur Metani and the accompanying delegation held meetings in the High Judicial Council, with Mr. Boyan Magdalinchev and members of the Council, with the President of the Supreme Administrative Court, Mr. Georgi Cholakov; with the Deputy Presidents of the Supreme Court of Cassation, Judge Evgeni Staykov and Judge Mimi Furnadjieva, as well as Judge Galina Toneva; with the President of the Constitutional Court Mrs. Pavlina Panova and with the President of the Administrative Court of Veliko Tarnovo, Mr. Georgi Chemshirov.
During the meetings, delegations exchanged views on the importance of the rule of law in the functioning of a democratic society.
