Parliament’s lower house to meet on Wednesday

The lower house of the Czech Parliament will meet on Wednesday to elects its committees and to choose the new Czech ombudsman, a successor of Otakar Motejl who passed away in May. The deputies will be choosing from among four candidates for the new defender of human rights; these include former deputy ombudman Anna Šabatová, the chairwoman of the Supreme Court Iva Brožová, former Civic Democrat MP Eva Dundáčková and human rights activist John Bok.