The Brussels public prosecutor’s office has already taken the first measures after it came to light that the extradition request for Abdesalem Lassoued, the perpetrator of the October 16 terrorist attack, had been shelved for a year. For example, work has already been done on a revision of the work processes and a pre-disciplinary investigation has been opened. The public prosecutor’s office reported this on Wednesday evening. A press conference will take place on Thursday with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Delmulle.
“As mentioned during an earlier press conference, we consider it extremely important to ensure that this does not occur again in the future,” the public prosecutor’s office reports. “The first steps have already been taken. Internally, we have been working from day one, with all parties involved, to revise work processes to ensure short processing times and systematic checks on case progress.”
In the meantime, a pre-disciplinary investigation has also been opened internally, but since disciplinary procedures are confidential, no further comment can be made on this, it said.
“In addition, a first meeting took place with the new Minister of Justice, Paul Van Tigchelt, to discuss the implementation of the announced support measures and the prospects for digitalization,” the public prosecutor’s office continues. “We were already in contact with the FPS Justice to put these measures into practice as quickly as possible. We are also in constant contact with the public prosecutor’s office, both for structural and policy questions that arise.”
The Supreme Court of Justice has now announced that it will also conduct a special investigation into the case. “We welcome this independent analysis that will be carried out and await the result and any necessary recommendations,” said the public prosecutor’s office, which regrets that “premature reporting has repeatedly given rise to factually incorrect reports.”
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