Head of Judges’ union: Czech justice has room for corruption

The head of the Czech Union of Judges, Tomáš Lichovník, admitted on Thursday that Czech justice system had room for corruption. Speaking at a conference held by Transparency International Czech Republic, Mr Lichovník said the problem lay in the fact that court proceedings were not swift; the conflicting sides may therefore attempt to influence the judge to give their case a priority, or to deliberately postpone it. The head of the Union of Judges said however that corruption did not affect the actual deliberation process.

Author: Jan Richter