Questionnaire Latvia
III.12 On what grounds?
Cases where the term of office of the Prosecutor
General has expired without a special decision (for example, if a judgment of
conviction has come into effect), as well as cases when he can be dismissed and
the respective procedure for it, are defined by the Office of the Prosecutor
Act.
The powers of the Prosecutor General shall terminate if the Saeima dismisses the Prosecutor General from office due to a state of health which does not allow him to further perform duties and it has been confirmed by a competent medical commission specified by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The powers of the Prosecutor General shall terminate if the Saeima in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Law removes him or her from office.
The Saeima may dismiss the Prosecutor General from office, if a justice of the Supreme Court specially authorised by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in carrying out an investigation, has determined any of the bases for removal and an opinion regarding this has been provided by a Plenary Session of the Supreme Court.
An investigation shall be proposed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on his own initiative or at the request of one third of the members of the Saeima. If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in proposing an investigation, considers that the holding of office by the Prosecutor General may interfere with an objective examination of the issues, he or she shall suspend the Prosecutor General from office until the taking of the final decision, and shall determine which of the chief prosecutors of departments of the Office of the Prosecutor General shall perform the duties of the Prosecutor General during this time.
The powers of the Prosecutor General shall terminate if the Saeima dismisses the Prosecutor General from office due to a state of health which does not allow him to further perform duties and it has been confirmed by a competent medical commission specified by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The powers of the Prosecutor General shall terminate if the Saeima in accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Law removes him or her from office.
The Saeima may dismiss the Prosecutor General from office, if a justice of the Supreme Court specially authorised by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in carrying out an investigation, has determined any of the bases for removal and an opinion regarding this has been provided by a Plenary Session of the Supreme Court.
An investigation shall be proposed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on his own initiative or at the request of one third of the members of the Saeima. If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, in proposing an investigation, considers that the holding of office by the Prosecutor General may interfere with an objective examination of the issues, he or she shall suspend the Prosecutor General from office until the taking of the final decision, and shall determine which of the chief prosecutors of departments of the Office of the Prosecutor General shall perform the duties of the Prosecutor General during this time.
