The results of work with appeals for 2020 have been summarized

Despite the current epidemiological situation, over the past year, prosecutors of the region personally received more than 3.8 thousand people.

On-site receptions were organized and conducted, and joint receptions with other officials were practiced.

In particular, in February 2020, the regional prosecutor V.V. Sushchinsky, together with the Head of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk Region, P.V. Ignatov, held a reception for citizens at the Vitebsk District Executive Committee.

More often, receptions were held via direct telephone lines with residents of the regions.

In January-December 2020, the prosecutor's offices of the region, including during personal receptions, received more than 8.3 thousand appeals from citizens and legal entities, of which only 4.6 thousand fell within the competence of the prosecutor's office.

In addition, it should be noted that the number of appeals left without substantive review has increased, mainly concerning applications received via e-mail.

In this regard, we would like to draw the attention of applicants once again to the fact that Article 25 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Appeals of Citizens and Legal Entities" defines the requirements for the form and content of electronic appeals, the non-compliance with which may result in them being left without review.

It should also be remembered that the requirements of the aforementioned law do not apply to appeals subject to review in accordance with other legislation. For example, the procedure for appealing the actions and decisions of inquiry and investigation bodies, bodies conducting administrative proceedings, and court decisions in criminal and civil cases is regulated by the relevant procedural legislation, and submitting complaints by e-mail in such cases is not provided for.

At the same time, an increase in justified appeals is noted (30.8% of the number of resolved appeals). The highest proportion of satisfied appeals was in the prosecutor's offices of Sharkovshchyna, Dokshytsy, Chashniki districts,

Postavsky, Ushachsky, Lepelsky, Vitebsky districts.

Most often, actions and decisions of inquiry bodies were appealed to the prosecutor's offices; more than a thousand such complaints were resolved, of which 27.8% were satisfied. More than 0.5 thousand applications were resolved regarding the actions of investigators of the Investigative Committee, and 12.7% were recognized as justified. In most cases, applications regarding the actions and decisions of investigators and interrogators were considered in the regional apparatus, prosecutor's offices of Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, Polotsk, Vitebsk districts. The reasons for satisfying such appeals continue to be the incompleteness of checks on applications and reports of crimes, and the bias of the investigation.

The number of complaints considered regarding violations of administrative legislation has increased, one third of which were recognized as justified. Appeals regarding compliance with labor legislation were satisfied quite often. This is mainly due to employers' violations of the deadlines for payment of wages and other payments due to employees.

For example, only after the intervention of the Dokshitsy District Prosecutor's Office, a final settlement was made with a former employee of OJSC "Dokshitsky Rayagropromservis" upon dismissal. Also, only after an appeal by a former employee of OJSC "Zhuknevo" to the Tolochin District Prosecutor's Office, a final settlement was made with the applicant in connection with dismissal.

A significant number of appeals continue to be received regarding the enforcement of legislation on citizens' and legal entities' appeals. At the same time, facts of improper handling of appeals in local authorities attract attention.

For example, during an inspection conducted by the Senno District Prosecutor's Office, the applicant's arguments about the violation of the deadlines for considering his appeal in the land management department of the Senno District Executive Committee were confirmed. In this regard, at the request of the prosecutor, the chief specialist of this department was brought to administrative and disciplinary responsibility.

Appeals regarding violations of housing legislation were recognized as justified.

For instance,

only after the residents of one of the houses in the city of Senno appealed to the prosecutor's office of the Senno district, the Senno district housing and communal services department initiated administrative proceedings against a resident of this house, who had been disturbing the peace of citizens for a long time (playing loud music in the evening and at night). By court order, the citizen was brought to administrative responsibility for violating the Rules of Use of Residential Premises.

Deputy Head of the Organizational and Control Department of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office Svetlana Zaitseva