Prime Minister: condemning Mečiar's amnesties in Parliament ‘appropriate’

It's appropriate to react to the controversial amnesties issued by former prime minister Vladimir Mečiar as acting president in 1998 by condemning them through a parliamentary declaration, Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. The Cabinet recommended that Parliament should adopt a declaration on the matter. According to Fico, the draft was agreed "across the political spectrum, as far as the governing coalition is concerned". The declaration draft should be included in the agenda of the current parliamentary session.
The prime minister noted that parliamentary declarations on important matters have already been issued several times, perhaps most notably on July 17, 1992 concerning the independence of the Slovak nation, which precipitated the split of the then Czechoslovakia. Fico reiterated his opinion that Mečiar's amnesties cannot be scrapped as demanded by the opposition. "Everyone with a law degree knows this," he added.
Slovak society has for a long time been concerned about the failure to bring to account those responsible for the kidnapping of former President Michal Kováč's son on August 31, 1995, the declaration reads. The administration of justice was prevented by amnesties granted by then Prime Minister Vladimir Mečiar, who also held some presidential powers at the time.