Svobodna Dnevnik

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El Correo Internacional

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Mordvania: Slavika Mandszek appointed as Minister of Justice
By: Polina Lamparska
Published: Septem 28, 1582


Mandszek posing for an interview with the Alvan number of Jaz magazine.

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Bogdan Privsek, which was reelected as President of the Republican Council for another three years, confirmed the name of his ministers. Although a slightly less continuist cabinet than the former one -which many of the ministers had already served in the 1567-1573 Privsek's government as either ministers or deputy ministers-, there weren't many changes and surpises in the new cabinet, besides that the Republican Liberal Party (the minor member of the coalition government) will control two more ministries than the previous term. Except one, the announcement of Slavika Mandsek as Minister of Justice.

Slavika Mandsek became judge in 1570. Since then, she has been mostly involved with cases of corruption, financial fraud, and organized crime. She was judged cases involved corruption of Mordvanian officers, and the Nentsian, Lomarren, and Kubanizan organized crime, for which she received several death threats during her career. She is more well-known abroad for her involvement in the Konopczowsky and Nentsian Fund case, which ended with Ksenia Vynnychuk and several other Nensian officers to be sentenced for corruption and embezzlement charges.

She has also written several academic articles and books about judiciary reform and anti-corruption legislation. She is also known for being the only openly gay judge in Mordvania, as she declared in an interview for Jaz, the most popular LGBT magazine in the country. Although same-sex marriage is legal in the Republic of Mordvania since 1575, Mandsek remains single and not much is known about her private life.

Mandsek has declared that the acceptance of Privsek's proposal "was a tough decision" but that she hopes that "sustantive and constructive reforms could be achieved...in order to improve the efficiency and independence of our judiciary system". Mandsek, which will not return to her judiciary career as consequence, said that she feels that she is convinced that she will be able to "offer a different perspective, knowledge, and experience" which should work toward lasting reforms for the well-being of the nation. "There are many competent and brave judges in our nation, so my decision wasn't that difficult", she declared.

She has declared that she will not join any existing political party, and that she will remain as an independent minister in the national cabinet. "I will have enough freedom to work for the reforms necessary...if not, I wouldn't have accepted", she declared, asked about the fact that some members of Privsek's government during 1567 and 1573 were involved in several cases of corruption, although Privsek's Mordvanian Republican Party was never directly affected. "If our agreement is not respected, I won't have a problem with resigning immediately".

Mandsek will replace Bojana Svet, who will become Minister of Republican Affairs.