Çela added that a structure has been set up in the General Prosecutor’s Office which serves as a point of contact that coordinates and shares information with the Central Election Commission, law enforcement agencies and representatives of international institutions, maintaining the investigative secrecy.

“The General Prosecutor’s Office is engaged in guaranteeing the legal protection of free elections and the democratic system of elections, taking institutional legal measures to enhance the effectiveness of the investigation and criminal prosecution against the perpetrators of criminal offenses threatening free elections” , said Çela.

Çela said that “at the stage of preliminary investigations, prosecutors have been asked to handle with priority and through fast-track procedures any report for criminal offenses that affect free elections and the democratic system of elections or any other criminal offense that harms the electoral process, in coordination with the Central Election Commission for the reports submitted by the latter, and with specialized law enforcement agencies, in conducting proactive investigations, using special investigation tools according to the law, as well as ratcheting up investigations in these criminal group.
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