Czech president wants part of court legislation to be annulled

President Vaclav Klaus has lodged a complaint with the Constitutional Court calling for the annulment a section in Czech legislation dealing with courts and judges. The provision concerns the methods of the functioning and the management of the Supreme Court, under which the court can only have one deputy chairman. Mr Klaus has been locked in a long dispute with court chairwoman Iva Brozova over the issue. In the past, he appointed Jaroslav Bures second court deputy chairman on the basis of the Czech Constitution, which mentions court deputy chairpersons in the plural. The Constitutional Court received the president's proposal on Friday.