Czech judges call on Babiš (ANO) to substantiate claims about judiciary

The Czech Union of Judges has called on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) to substantiate claims that some judges rule without evidence and that a “mafia” can have people jailed on demand, or refrain from making such statements. Babiš made the remarks at an election rally in Havířov while explaining his changed position on parliamentary immunity. The union said such serious, unsubstantiated accusations undermine public confidence in an independent judiciary. Babiš’s own prosecution in the Stork’s Nest subsidy case is currently suspended because the Chamber of Deputies declined to lift his parliamentary immunity.