The Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office has summarized the results of work on the implementation of legislation on citizens' and legal entities' appeals

Over the 12 months of 2016, the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office carried out certain work on organizing the reception of citizens and representatives of legal entities, and resolving their appeals. At the same time, the main efforts of the employees were directed towards fulfilling the requirements of the legislation on citizens' and legal entities' appeals, and the order of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus No. 4 dated 22.01.2016 "On the procedure for considering appeals of citizens and legal entities in the prosecutor's offices of the Republic of Belarus and the approval of the Instruction on the procedure for personal reception of citizens, representatives of legal entities in the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus".

Over the 12 months of 2016, the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office received 22 appeals from citizens, which is 5 more appeals compared to the same period in 2015.

Of the received appeals from citizens, 8 (9) were resolved on the merits by operational staff of the prosecutor's office, and 11 (7) appeals were sent for resolution to other bodies.

Of the appeals from citizens resolved on the merits, 7 (6) concerned issues of supervision over the enforcement of legislation. In particular, two appeals touched upon issues of labor legislation; no grounds for taking measures of prosecutorial response were established during the consideration, and the applicants were given appropriate clarifications.

Two appeals concerned the unlawful привлечение to administrative responsibility by the branch of the Transport Inspectorate for the Vitebsk region. Based on the results of the checks, the appeals were recognized as justified (in 2015, based on the results of considering citizens' appeals, 3 appeals were recognized as justified), and protests were filed against the decisions on bringing to administrative responsibility.

One appeal raised the issue of canceling the decision to terminate the case of an administrative offense issued by the Vitebsk Department of Internal Affairs and Transport. The applicant's request was denied, and a reasoned response was provided within the established deadlines.

Employees of the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office resolved 4 appeals on issues of investigation and inquiry. Based on the results of their consideration, 1 appeal was satisfied (an unlawful decision in a criminal case was canceled), in

in other cases, applicants were provided with explanations of the provisions of the current legislation.

Motivated responses were given to all resolved appeals, and the procedure for appealing in case of disagreement with the adopted decision was explained. All responses to rejected appeals were signed by the prosecutor or deputies. No repeated appeals were received by the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office during the reporting period.

In 2016 (2015), the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office received 5 (0) anonymous appeals. One of them was left without consideration, 4 were sent to the internal affairs bodies for verification of the facts indicated in the appeals. Based on the results of all checks, no grounds for initiating criminal cases were established. No prosecutorial response measures were taken.

During the analyzed period, employees of the prosecutor's office were not held accountable under the established law for violations committed in resolving appeals from citizens and legal entities.

In total, for 12 months of 2016, 2 (1) appeals from citizens were left without consideration.

For 12 months of 2016, no collective appeals were received by the prosecutor's office (in 2015 - 1).

At the end of the reporting period, there were no unresolved appeals from citizens.

During the analyzed period, applications from citizens were not attached to the materials of checks and criminal cases.

During the analyzed period, the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office conducted checks on compliance with the legislation on appeals from citizens and legal entities. In particular, a check conducted at the Vitebsk Department of Internal Affairs of Transport revealed that officials of the department were violating current legislation when resolving appeals and preparing responses to applicants, as well as some shortcomings in record-keeping regarding appeals at the Vitebsk Department of Internal Affairs of Transport.

Based on the results of the check, a relevant representation was made to the head of the Vitebsk Department of Internal Affairs of Transport. Following its consideration, no disciplinary or material measures were applied to the guilty officials.

In addition, issues of compliance with the legislation on appeals from citizens and legal entities are constantly checked during scheduled inspections.

Over 12 months of 2016, the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office received 45 (28) appeals from legal entities, of which 38 (22) were resolved, 5 (4) were forwarded for resolution to other organizations, and 2 (1) were not considered by the end of the reporting period.

Of the resolved appeals of the specified category, 22 (10) were satisfied. Of these, 19 appeals concern issues of protecting their economic and financial interests (16 lawsuits were filed in courts, and accounts receivable were recovered in 3 appeals through the claim procedure at the prosecutor's request).

The increased number of satisfied appeals from economic entities in the analyzed period is due to the fulfillment of the Head of State's instructions to take measures to assist in reducing overdue accounts receivable of organizations.

The Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor's Office is working to protect the property interests of supervised enterprises of state ownership and with a predominant state share in the authorized capital by filing lawsuits in economic courts. The state of legality in the conclusion and execution of contracts, including foreign trade ones, the timeliness of payments for supplied products (works, services), the quality of claim and lawsuit work to recover (reduce) accounts receivable are constantly analyzed, and monthly information on the dynamics of overdue debt has been established.

Based on the results of considering appeals from economic entities for assistance in recovering overdue accounts receivable, 16 lawsuits (applications) were filed in economic courts in 2016 for a total amount of 9,962,279 rubles.

         Primarily, citizens apply for consultations related to employment and compliance with labor legislation, administrative and criminal liability.

Citizens did not apply to the prosecutor's office for personal reception after 6 p.m.

Over 12 months of 2016, as in 2015, electronic appeals, complaints about the actions of prosecutor's office employees, as well as

no appeals containing criticism of the work of law enforcement agencies were received, no entries were made in the prosecutor's book of remarks and suggestions.

Deputy Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor
Junior Justice Counselor N.L. Kolpakova