Professor Jan Wintr likely to be appointed constitutional judge

The Senate’s Human Rights Committee on Tuesday recommended the former president of the Supreme Administrative Court Josef Baxa and former Judicial Union head Daniela Zemanová to be appointed as constitutional judges.

Mrs. Zemanová won the unanimous support of all seven committee members present in a secret vote on Tuesday, while Baxa received one vote less.

The upper house’s Constitutional Law Committee last week voted against their appointment. However, both of the committees agreed on endorsing the appointment of constitutional law professor Jan Wintr.

The Senate will decide about the three candidates for constitutional judges at its session on Wednesday. Prior to the vote, President Pavel is expected to justify his nominations to the senators.