Articles for tag: Andrej Babiš, Czech Rule Of Law, General Inspection of Security Corps, GIBS

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis

Babis’s Smear Campaign Forces GIBS Head To Resign

Prague, April 17 (CTK) – Michal Murin will leave the post of Czech General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS) director as of the end of April, he announced on the GIBS website today amid a several-week dispute with PM Andrej Babis (ANO) who sought his temporary suspension.   Murin, 55, who has headed the GIBS ...

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Andrej Babis

Opposition Slams Babis: Seeks To Subvert Rule Of Law In GIBS Takeover

Prague, April 17 (CTK) – The Czech opposition mentioned PM Andrej Babis’s pressure on Michal Murin in reaction to his announced resignation as head of the security corps inspection (GIBS) today, and criticised what it called personnel purges the cabinet has been pursuing in spite of its caretaker status.   Opposition politicians also showed interest ...

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PM Babis’s Attacks On GIBS Security Head Go Unchecked

Prague, March 20 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will not have to explain disciplinary proceedings against Michal Murin, head of the General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS), over a misdemeanour in the Chamber of Deputies, because ANO deputies vetoed the proposal today.   This is why the opposition TOP 09 has started ...

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis

PM Babis Launches Inquiry Against GIBS Head Murin

Prague, March 19 (CTK) – Czech PM Andrej Babis (ANO) has launched disciplinary proceedings against Michal Murin, head of the General Inspection of Security Forces (GIBS), over a misdemeanour, GIBS spokesman Ivo Mitacek has written on its website.   The disciplinary proceedings are not open to the public.   Murin wants to use all legal ...

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GIBS Approves Of Prague Police Arrest Of Saleh Muslim

Prague, March 12 (CTK) – The Czech police made no mistake and committed no crime by detaining Kurdish politician Saleh Muslim recently, as the step was consented by a state attorney’s office that had all information about the detained man, General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS) spokesman Ivo Mitacek said today.   The GIBS checked ...

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PM Andrej Babis: Petition Demands Resignation, Seeks 1 Million Signatures

Prague, March 11 (CTK) – A Czech Facebook initiative called Million Moments for Democracy wants to collect one million signatures demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) by early June and its organisers have already collected more than 159,000 of them since February 25.   “We consider it unacceptable for a prosecuted person ...

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MP Zdenek Ondracek Out: Communist-Era Riot Cop Resigns After Mass Protests

Prague, March 6 (CTK) – Communist (KSCM) MP Zdenek Ondracek today resigned from the post of chairman of a parliamentary commission supervising the police inspection authority GIBS, he told the lower house of Czech parliament.   He took the step shortly before a vote on his dismissal was to be proposed by the right-wing opposition ...

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Protests Rock Prague – Communist Riot Cop Named Head Of Security Forces

Demonstrations were held across the Czech Republic on Monday night voicing broad protest over the recent election of Communist Party MP Zdeněk Ondráček as chairman of the lower house committee overseeing the General Inspectorate of the Security Forces, which investigates the police.   Thousands gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague as well as in Brno ...