Constitutional Law Mechanism for the Appointment of Prosecutors after Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article deals with amendments to the law on the Prosecutor's Office after amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation that changed the procedure for the appointment of certain categories of prosecutors, their age and length of service requirements, as well as the return of the five-year period of their prosecutorial discretion. Taking the results of the research into consideration, the author suggested that the Federal law "On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation” should include: 1) prohibition to appoint one person to the same office of highest ranking prosecutors for more than two five-year terms; 2) qualification requirements to deputy prosecutors of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, deputies of cities, districts and deputies equated to prosecutors, senior assistant prosecutors and assistants prosecutors of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. In view of the violation of the principle of independence of prosecutors, the author proposes to abolish the procedure of coordinating candidates for the office of a prosecutor of the Russian Federation with regional public authorities.