President Zeman says no legal obstacle for him to appoint head of Constitutional Court in advance

President Miloš Zeman has said that he has an analysis according to which there is no legal obstacle to his appointing a successor to Pavel Rychetský, head of the Constitutional Court, before his presidential mandate expires. Rychetsky’s term at the head of the Constitutional Court will end in August, while the president’s term in office ends in mid-March, meaning that Zeman would make the appointment several months in advance. The president, who has often been criticized for exceeding the boundaries of his powers, refused to say whether he will make the move.