Massive protests in Slovakia against the government’s judicial reforms
| Massive protests against the government's reform plans in the judicial system were held in various cities of Slovakia. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, citing the Austrian newspaper “Kourier”, in Slovakia Massive demonstrations were held against judicial reforms in corruption cases.
Only in Bratislava, the capital of this country, about 26,000 people protested against judicial reforms planned by the government, which among other things will reduce the penalties for corruption.
Thus in Slovakia, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the government’s planned reform of the penal code, which provides, among other things, reduced sentences for corruption, and has also faced criticism from the European Union.
About 26,000 people took to the streets in the capital Bratislava on Thursday, according to police.
Demonstrators carried placards with slogans such as “Don’t touch our democracy” and “We will not be silent!” Also, rallies were held in more than 20 other cities of this neighboring country of Austria.
The Slovak government wants to abolish the special prosecutor’s office for administrative corruption cases.
The populist government of Robert Fico, first The minister, who has been in office since October, also wants to abolish the special prosecutor’s office that handles cases of administrative corruption and organized crime, reduce penalties for corruption and economic crimes, and remove protections for police whistleblowers.
The country’s parliament must approve the reforms in an accelerated legislative process. At the end of last year, demonstrations against these plans were also held in Slovakia.
At the beginning of December, the European Union Commission asked the government to suspend the plans and refrain from using the accelerated legal process.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EUSTA) in Luxembourg also criticized the reform plans in this EU member state and called it a “serious risk of violating the rule of law”. Recently, the European Union Parliament also condemned the reform project in a resolution on Wednesday.
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