National Gallery boss takes president to Constitutional Court over professorship

The director of the Czech National Gallery, Jiří Fajt, has filed a complaint against President Miloš Zeman at the Constitutional Court over the latter’s refusal to appoint him professor, Lidovky.cz reported on Thursday. Lower courts have in the past rejected similar complaints from Mr. Fajt.

Mr. Zeman refused to sign decrees making Mr. Fajt and two others professors, citing what he said were serious transgressions in their pasts. In Mr. Fajt’s case, the president said his salary at the National Gallery had been supplemented by a bank. The former said this claim was untrue and accused Mr. Zeman of wilful behaviour.