Tatra National Park (TANAP) Administration director Peter Olexa resigned on Thursday. He did so after the media coverage of his plea of guilty in the matter of poaching. The Ministry communication department pointed out that during the selection procedure for the post, he submitted a current extract from his criminal record with no records. "The information about this can only be found in a transcript of the criminal record, which, however, the Environment Ministry doesn't and can't have," said the ministry adding that transcripts from the criminal records can be requested for the purposes of criminal proceedings only by law enforcement bodies, the prosecutor's office and the courts. Olexa was convicted of poaching a protected wolf. The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and the non-parliamentary Democrats have called for his resignation.
(TASR)
