President nominates Pavel Simon Constitutional Court judge

President Petr Pavel has nominated Judge Pavel Simon to the panel of Constitutional Court judges. Simon is chairman of the Supreme Court panel specializing in state liability for damages and non-pecuniary harm. President Pavel said in a statement that he is convinced that Simon meets the professional and moral requirements for the post. The Senate has 60 days to consider the nomination.

The president has already appointed five of his nominees as constitutional judges. They are Josef Baxa, Daniela Zemanová, Veronika Křesťanová, civil law professor Kateřina Ronovská and constitutional lawyer Jan Winter. Judge Robert Fremr turned down the appointment following media pressure over his pre-1989 activities in the judiciary. Fourteen of the 15 places on the panel have now been filled.