Slovakia’s president challenges plan to dismantle top prosecutor’s office

Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Caputova, is challenging a recent amendment that eliminates the special prosecutor’s office handling major crime and corruption.Caputova is seeking to freeze the legislation, which was approved by lawmakers loyal to populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.The amendment, passed in early February, has faced criticism domestically and internationally.Slovakia’s president said Friday that she will challenge at the Constitutional Court an amendment to the country’s penal code that eliminates the office of the special prosecutor dealing with major crime and…

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