1The Minister of Justice coordinates the development and implementation of state policies and cross-cutting strategy of the justice sector. The Minister of Justice is responsible for preparing the draft legal acts in the criminal justice field after taking the opinion of the High Prosecutorial Council.

2The Minister of Justice may file a complaint before the High Justice Inspector for the alleged disciplinary misconduct of prosecutors and it may request the High Justice Inspector to conduct institutional and thematic inspections in the General Prosecution Office or prosecutor's offices.

3The Minister of Justice or its representative may participate as observers in the General Meeting of prosecutors, meeting of the General Council of the National Chamber of Advocacy, Academic Staff Assembly and Steering Council of the School of Magistrates, Special Meeting of the Heads of Institutions for the election of prosecutor members of the High Prosecutorial Council and also in the joint meeting of the High Judicial Council and High Prosecutorial Council.

4The High Prosecutorial Council shall cooperate with the Minister of Justice in order to ensure the compatibility of budget and strategic planning of the prosecution system as adopted by the Council, with the state policies and cross-cutting strategy of the justice sector.

5The Minister of Justice or his representative is entitled to participate, without the right to vote, in the meetings of the High Prosecutorial Council and standing committees of the Council. In these cases, he is entitled to:

abe informed at least seven days before the meeting;

bobtain any information made available to members of the Council on these issues.

6The Minister of Justice may exercise the above-mentioned rights personally or through a representative authorised in writing by him/her.

7In the exercise of his/her functions, the Minister of Justice shall have full access to the statistical data generated from the case management system of the prosecution offices.