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Czech parliament transfers president's authority to appoint international representatives to foreign minister
The lower house of the Czech parliament approved a legislative change transferring the president's authority to appoint and dismiss permanent mission chiefs to international organizations to the foreign minister. The bill will now go to the Senate.
The lower house of the Czech parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, approved a legislative change on Wednesday that transfers the president's authority to confirm and dismiss permanent mission chiefs to international organizations to the foreign minister.
The amendment was proposed by lawmaker Libor Vondráček of the SPD (Freedom and Direct Democracy) movement, which is a partner in the governing coalition. According to Czech Television, under the regulation, the heads of permanent missions will be appointed and dismissed by the foreign minister. The ministry had already begun issuing credentials to mission chiefs. Ambassadors abroad will still receive their credentials from the president.
The amendment proposed by lawmaker Vondráček and passed by the parliament drew sharp criticism from the opposition. The opposition argues that the governing coalition is settling scores with the head of state through this move. Former Deputy Prime Minister Vít Rakušan claimed the government wants to increase its influence over the diplomatic service with this step.
The legislative change approved by the lower house will now be debated in the upper house, the Senate.
NATO Summit Tension
Last week, the government determined the delegation for the NATO summit in Ankara, but excluded President Petr Pavel, who had led such delegations in recent years. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will represent the Czech Republic at the summit this time. After Pavel appealed to the Constitutional Court, the court ordered the government to accredit the president for the summit. Although the government provided accreditation, it kept Pavel out of the delegation and allocated a separate aircraft for him and his aides for the summit.
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