Zeman safe from property seizure after Supreme Court ruling

Czech President Miloš Zeman does not currently need to apologise to his former advisor Zdeňek Šarapatka for falsely claiming that the latter lost his job at the Office of Government due to incompetence, the country’s Supreme Court decided on Thursday. The ruling was made following a proposal by President Zeman’s lawyer. The Supreme Court is also set to look into the case once more.

Mr Šarapatka, who originally sued the president and issued a property seizure proposal against Mr Zeman after the head of state refused to apologise, reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision by stating on Twitter that it shows not all citizens are equal in front of the law.

Miloš Zeman said in November 2017 that Mr Šarapatka was fired from his position at the Office of the Government for incompetence. However, the former advisor said he left his job after a mutual agreement by both parties and a subsequent trial ruled in his favour.