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Supreme Court Files Criminal Complaint for Libel Against Wienk
Friday 24 September 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, September 24 (TASR) - The Supreme Court on Friday filed a criminal complaint for libel against Fair-Play Alliance NGO director Zuzana Wienk, the Court press department told TASR on the same day.
Wienk allegedly falsely accused Supreme Court Chairman Stefan Harabin and former vice-chair Daniela Svecova of unlawfully changing the make-up of senates and interfering in the electronic assigning of cases to judges.
"When I was reading the suggestions of Mrs. Wienk, I was horrified to learn that she used the same arguments as the convicted [Branislav] Adamco, whose life sentence for a brutal murder has been confirmed. Adamco's arguments were swept away by the Supreme Court senate chaired by Milan Karabin. In the first place, Mrs. Wienk should explain her co-operation with the convicted Adamco. Because there's one big difference - Adamco, as an accused person, was allowed by the law to lie in his defence, but Mrs. Wienk hasn't been charged, allowing her to slander anybody," said Harabin.
Earlier this month, Wienk called on Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska to start disciplinary proceedings against Harabin and Svecova, and asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau to look into whether the conduct in question constituted the abuse of public office by way of interference in the independence of the Court.
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