Police request lifting of immunity of Communist MP Ondráček

The police have asked the Chamber of Deputies to lift the parliamentary immunity of Communist Party MP Zdeněk Ondráček so that he can face prosecution. No official reason has been given for the request but the news website Novinky.cz reported it concerned comments made by Mr. Ondráček about Michal Horáček when the latter was a candidate for president.

Mr. Horáček said on Twitter that Mr. Ondráček had falsely accused him of being a secret police collaborator and illegal money changer during the communist era.

The lower house’s Mandate and Immunity Committee will consider the police’s petition on September 5.