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| Coalition MPs adopt Penal Code changes |
| Bratislava, 14.02.2024 |
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| The Special Prosecutor’s Office will cease to exist and several Smer people who are facing corruption or organised crime charges, including Smer MP Tibor Gašpar and ex-finance minister and central bank’s governor Peter Kažimír, will not be tried or may receive only a suspended sentence.On Thursday night, the coalition MPs approved an extensive amendment to the Penal Code and other related laws, including the Criminal Procedure Law, despite the opposition’s obstacles in the parliament, protests throughout Slovakia and criticism from Brussels.
The coalition has been trying to change criminal laws since last December. In the past two weeks, Gašpar changed the original amendment twice.
President Zuzana Čaputová is prepared to veto these changes, but the coalition has enough votes to override it. The president and the opposition will also turn to the Constitutional Court, which can suspend the effectiveness of all the adopted changes to the Penal Code. If this doesn’t happen, the amendment will come into effect in mid-March.
“The adoption of the amendment to the Penal Code is bad news for Slovakia and all its citizens,” said the president.
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