Constitutional Court Rejects Government Bid to Remove Judge From NATO

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The government failed with its proposal that Constitutional Judge Pavel Šámal be barred from hearing a competency lawsuit concerning President Peter Paul's participation in the NATO summit. On Thursday, the Constitutional Court announced that in no court proceedings in the Czech Republic a judge can be called biased simply because of his procedure.

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Pavel Šámal will remain as Judge Rapporteur in the proceedings on the claim of competence of President Petr Pavel. The government proposed the exclusion of Shamal from deliberations and decisions, but was not satisfied by the plenary of the Constitutional Court. In any judicial proceeding in the Czech Republic, a judge cannot be described as biased solely because of his or her procedure, according to a resolution made available on the website of…

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Pavel Šámal will remain the judge rapporteur in the proceedings on the competence lawsuit against President Petr Pavel. The government proposed to exclude Šámal from the deliberations and decisions, but the plenary session of the Constitutional Court (ÚS) did not grant it. In no court proceedings in the Czech Republic can a judge be considered biased solely because of his conduct in the proceedings, states the resolution made available on the ÚS…