Prosecutor-General (PG) Maros Žilinka on Tuesday lodged a prosecutor's protest against the decision by President Peter Pellegrini, dated 5 March, to impose a disciplinary measure on Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) director Pavol Gašpar.
In the protest, the prosecutor proposes that the President should revoke the contested decision in its entirety on the grounds that it was unlawful.
According to the prosecutor-general, the head of state failed to establish the facts relevant to the imposition of a disciplinary measure for conduct constituting an offence, and he imposed a disciplinary measure at a level that clearly exceeded the upper limit of the fine laid down by a specific law for conduct constituting an offence.
On 30 August last year, the SIS director was involved in a road traffic accident in Nitra. The police subjected the two parties involved in the accident to breathalyser tests for alcohol, and in both cases the results were negative. The President, as the superior authority of the SIS director, initiated disciplinary proceedings in January.
In early March, Pellegrini announced that he had concluded the disciplinary proceedings against the SIS director, punishing him for the road traffic accident with a 15-percent deduction from his salary for one month. Pellegrini added that, in connection with the call for disciplinary proceedings from the opposition, he saw no reason to take further action.
Source: TASR
