Supreme state attorney defends intervention in Cunek case before committee

The supreme state attorney, Renata Vesecka, has defended her removal of the prosecutor overseeing the case of Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek. Speaking before a Chamber of Deputies legal committee, Ms Vesecka denied opposition claims that her intervention had been politically motivated; she also called on politicians not to play power games through the legal system.

The supreme state attorney on Friday replaced the prosecutor overseeing a case of alleged bribe-taking against Mr Cunek as it was about to come to court. She said he had made procedural errors.