BRATISLAVA: Slovak lawmakers on Wednesday picked six candidates for vacant seats on the constitutional court in a step towards unblocking the country's top judicial body six weeks after most of its judges stepped down.
The Slovak Constitutional Court, which rules on whether legislation and legal rulings are in line with the constitution, has 13 judges, nine of whom stepped down on Feb 16. One of the unsuccessful candidates of this month's presidential election, won by liberal anti-graft lawyer Zuzana Caputova, has gone to court alleging vote fraud. The national election committee said the accusation had no basis.President Andrej Kiska, who will be replaced in office by Caputova in mid-June, is to pick three new court appointees from among six candidates presented to him by parliament on Wednesday, this time with coalition lawmakers voting.
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