Handling of appeals

At the same time, the proportion of appeals, the resolution of which is not within the competence of the prosecutor's offices, was over 30%, which indicates not only the applicants' ignorance of the requirements of the legislation, but also their trust in the prosecutor's offices to solve pressing problems.

The largest number of appeals were resolved regarding investigation and inquiry (about 1000 applications). The study of justified appeals against the actions and decisions of investigators and inquiry officers showed that the main reasons for their submission are the incompleteness of checks on applications and reports of crimes, and the bias of the investigation.

More than 700 appeals were resolved regarding supervision over the enforcement of legislation. Of these, the largest number of complaints were about violations of administrative legislation. The main mass of satisfied appeals concerned disagreement with bringing to administrative responsibility. The majority of satisfied appeals regarding compliance with labor legislation concerned delays in payments due to employees, unjustified deductions from wages, and illegal prosecution.

Almost 500 complaints were resolved regarding supervision over the legality of court decisions in criminal and civil cases. Errors that occurred during civil and criminal proceedings served as grounds for recognizing complaints on these issues as justified.

In all necessary cases, prosecutors took measures to eliminate the identified violations of legislation and protect the lawful rights and interests of the applicants. This year, based on the results of considering 486 appeals from individuals and legal entities, prosecutorial response measures were taken.

The number of citizens and representatives of legal entities who applied for a personal appointment with prosecutors increased (from 3,292 to 3,405).

employees. A significant number of them were hired based on their place of residence and work by the heads of prosecutor's offices.

This year, the leadership of the regional prosecutor's office conducted on-site receptions at correctional institutions, military units, enterprises and organizations, and local executive and administrative bodies.

In order to resolve emerging problems on the ground, the prosecutor of the region, V.V. Sushchinsky, together with the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Control Committee, V.V. Zaryankin, held a "direct telephone line" and received citizens at the Postavy District Executive Committee in February of this year.

At the same time, answers were given to questions that did not require additional checks during personal receptions. In some cases, the issues raised by citizens had already been considered by local authorities; however, the visit of regional-level leaders prompted them to raise them again and receive appropriate clarifications from higher-ranking officials. The results of resolving some of these appeals were taken under control.

Acting Head of the Organizational and Control Department of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, Counselor of Justice S.L. Zaitseva