Učešće građana u vršenju parničnog suđenja

Abstract

Krajem 2009. godine Skupština Srbije je, po hitnom postupku usvojila izmene i dopune Zakona o parničnom postupku. Cilj je navodno bio usklađivanje ovog zakona donetog 2004. godine, sa Ustavom Srbije koji je usvojen dve godine kasnije. Neke od promena su bile radikalne. Iako je Ustavom garantovao učešće građana (sudija porotnika) u vršenju sudske funkcije, zakonodavac je značajno suzio krug situacija u kojima će da sudi sudsko veće. Tako postoji pretpostavka da je zaključen sporazum o inokosnom suđenju, ako to jedna stranka predloži, a druga se ne usprotivi. Kod suparničara, dovoljno je da jedan od suparničara predloži inokosno suđenje, ako se drugi ne izjasne, smatra se da su pristali. Zakonodavac je tako pokazao jasnu nameru, da ignorišući Ustavne odredbe o učešću građana u postupku, potpuno eliminiše sudije porotnike iz parnične procedure.

At the end of 2009. Serbian Parliament passed the Amendments to the Litigation Procedure Act. The purpose of these Amendments was to harmonize 2004 Litigation Procedure Act with 2006 Serbian Constitution. Some of those changes were radical. Although the participation of lay judges is guaranteed by Constitution, those amendments radically reduced the number of cases that are to be trailed by panel. Whenever a party proposes trial by single judge if the other party doesn't object, the agreement on trial by judge sitting alone has been made. If there is a joinder of parties and one party makes such proposal, the others have to object, otherwise their silence will be considered as approval. The amendments to the Serbian Litigation Procedure Act showed clear tendency of lawmakers towards elimination of lay judges from litigation procedure.