President-elect Pavel to meet with head of Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský

President-elect Petr Pavel is due to meet with Czech Labour and Social Affairs Minister Marian Jurečka and the head of the Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský this week.

Mr Pavel is also scheduled to visit the region of Ústí nad Labem on Thursday and undergo a medical examination at the Central Military Hospital. The results should be known before his inauguration in March.

Mr Rychetský’s term at the head of the Constitutional Court will end in August and the mandate of six of his colleagues will also expire this year. Judges of the Constitutional Court are appointed by the president, with the consent of the Senate, for a ten-year term.