Questionnaire Slovak Rep
II.15 Can the executive influence the prosecution service through its budget?
Yes. The Public Prosecution
Service has got its own budgetary chapter in the State Budget. The draft budget
is proposed by the Government. The National Council (Parliament) decides on the
budget for the prosecution servic.
There are two reasons causing the subordination to the executive power of the prosecution’s budget. On the one hand, the Parliament is not equipped enough to draw entirely new budget, it is only able to partially modify the Government’s proposal. On the other hand, the main reason is that the Government is created by those political parties that have won the elections, i.e. they have got majority in the Parliament. The MPs who represent the same political parties of which the representatives as members of the Government had prepared the draft budget, usually support every governmental proposals (see Q III.5).
There are two reasons causing the subordination to the executive power of the prosecution’s budget. On the one hand, the Parliament is not equipped enough to draw entirely new budget, it is only able to partially modify the Government’s proposal. On the other hand, the main reason is that the Government is created by those political parties that have won the elections, i.e. they have got majority in the Parliament. The MPs who represent the same political parties of which the representatives as members of the Government had prepared the draft budget, usually support every governmental proposals (see Q III.5).
