Social Democrats to support Kreček as deoputy to the Ombudsman

Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka has said his party would support lawyer Stanislav Kreček for the post of deputy to the Ombudsman. Mr. Kreček is one of two nominees for the post proposed by President Klaus. The other is the former supreme state attorney Renata Vesecká. The lower house is to vote on the matter by mid-February.