Justice minister may be sacked in face of abuse of office charges

Jiří Pospíšil reportedly faces criminal complaint over sacking of Prague’s head prosecutor, and his party’s leaders wants him to resign

Politics & Policy|Society

Tom Jones | 24.02.2012

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Jiří Pospíšil’s (left) attempt to remove Chief Prague Prosecutor Vlastimil Rampula — for allegedly mishandling high-profile corruption cases — has backfired. Although Deputy PM Karolína Peake (right) denies interest, she is said to be a likely replacement

This Friday could be Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil’s (Civic Democrats, ODS) last working day in office, with party leaders showing no sign of supporting him in the face of a criminal complaint against him, the daily Právo reports, citing a source within the ODS. The complaint, filed on Monday, alleges Pospíšil and Supreme State Prosecutor Pavel Zeman abused their powers in replacing the Chief Prague Prosecutor Vlastimil Rampula with Stanislav Mečl.

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