Re-elected Czech ombudsman takes oath of office

The Czech ombudsman Otakar Motejl, who has been re-elected to the post for a second term, has taken oath of office. Mr Motejl's first term of office expired on Monday and he will now hold the post for another six years. The role of the ombudsman - or public defender of rights - is to defend citizens from the country's bureaucrats, whether from discrimination or excessive red tape. In the past six years, Mr Motejl's office received around 30,000 complaints from the public.