BRATISLAVA, November 24, (WEBNOVINY) — Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (SKDU-DS) will use her powers, which includes proposing disciplinary actions against court presidents. She said this on Wednesday in her reaction to a motion filed against her by the Supreme Court headed by former Justice Minister Stefan Harabin (LS-HZDS). “As Justice Minster, I have my powers, including right to propose disciplinary proceedings when I believe that a court president breached a law. I will use my powers,” Zitnanska told journalists.
The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic filed a motion against Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska on suspicion that she may have misused her powers and interfered in independence of the court and defamation, as well as unauthorized use of personal data. According to the Supreme Court, the justice minister committed these deeds when she lodged a proposal to start disciplinary action against Supreme Court President Stefan Harabin and its announcement to the public, in which, according to the motion, she stated untrue information, made personal data public, interfered in the independence of the court and violated the constitutional principle of presumption of innocence, including international protocols on the protection of judges.
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