PRAGUE - Thousands protested in the Czech capital Prague for a third week running on Monday against a new justice minister who they fear could meddle in a criminal case against the prime minister.
Benesova’s predecessor resigned without giving a clear reason a day after police wrapped their investigation and recommended that Babis stand trial. Prosecutors have yet to decide on the case. “We are demonstrating against that a woman with such a history as her own becomes justice minister a day after the police proposed the prime minister be indicted,” a protest organizer, Mikulas Minar, said on Monday on a Czech Radio debate show. “That is an unacceptable coincidence for us.”
The demonstrations come after politically-charged overhauls to justice systems in fellow central European countries Hungary and Poland led to protests and disputes with the European Union, which said the changes threatened the rule of law.
Tu nenávist rozdmychávají Američani. Leží jim jako trn v oku boj proti korupci, na který se ministryně soustředila.
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Tak už si nás všímá i svět.
Much deeper than just the appointment of a justice minister. This is about a criminal gang: the Prime Minister misusing EU and Czech money to benefit his business empire, appoints a friendly justice minister who will derail prosecution, and a old geezer prez who confirms her.
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