Supreme state attorney Vesecká will not step down

Supreme state attorney Renáta Vesecká has refused to step down after a court upheld her predecessor calling her a part of a “judicial mafia”. A court in Prague ruled last week that the former supreme state attorney, Marie Benešová, did not have to apologize for calling Ms Vesecká, together with five other high-profile judges and prosecutors, members of a “judicial mafia” because they interfered with the investigation of the Čunek case. Several opposition as well as coalition MPs then called for Ms Vesecká to step down from office. Ms Vesecká told Czech TV on Sunday that the court ruling was politically motivated with the aim of reviving the Čunek case.