Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:53:22 +0200Parliament deputy refuses to give up mandate despite jail sentencehttps://english.radio.cz/parliament-deputy-refuses-give-mandate-despite-jail-sentence-8548705© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Prague High Court on Tuesday sentenced the former Civic Democrat MP Roman Pekárek to five years in prison for bribery and abuse of office. He is expected to begin serving his sentence in a few weeks time, but appears determined to keep his seat in the lower house of Parliament. The decision has caused an outcry since under Czech law he cannot be forced to give up his mandate.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pekarek_0.jpg?timestamp=1591177628 Parliament deputy refuses to give up mandate despite jail sentence https://english.radio.cz/parliament-deputy-refuses-give-mandate-despite-jail-sentence-8548705 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9