Tejc: The Constitutional Court Exceeded Its Competences
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In an interview with Novinky, Minister of Justice Jeroným Tejc (non-party for ANO) criticized the procedure and decision of the Constitutional Court in the dispute between President Petr Pavel and the government, which concerned the head of state's participation in the July NATO summit. According to him, the constitutional judges acted contrary to the law and exceeded their competence. He then called the head of state a symbol of the opposition.
The government will propose to the Constitutional Court to reject or dismiss the jurisdictional lawsuit filed by President Petr Pavel regarding his participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit. This was announced by Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc (for ANO) after a cabinet meeting on Monday. He also mentioned that the government is demanding that the court...
According to Justice Minister Jeroným Tejce for ANO, the Constitutional Court exceeded its powers in issuing a preliminary injunction that the government must ensure the participation of President Petr Pavel at the NATO summit in Ankara. According to Tejce, this was an unprecedented activism. The government therefore requested the exclusion of the judge-rapporteur, Pavel Šámal, from further proceedings. Šámal said that he would not comment on th…
The Czech government has accused the Constitutional Court of exceeding its powers after it cleared President Pavlov's path to the NATO summit in Ankara. The cabinet is preparing a counterattack.
Babiš's government wants to exclude the rapporteur judge Pavel Šámal from further consideration of the competence lawsuit by the Constitutional Court. According to the cabinet, the court exceeded its powers, and Babiš and other cabinet members want them to be the ones who decide on the president's participation in the NATO summit.
The battle for Ankara is not over, even weeks after the NATO summit. On Monday, the cabinet of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) approved an official position on President Petr Pavel's competence lawsuit. In it, he chose an exceptionally harsh tone towards the Constitutional Court. In the meantime, the dispute has escalated into an open war, fueled by increasingly heated statements in recent days.
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