Interior minister says police president must go

Interior Minister Radek John on Monday asked the police president, Oldřich Martinu, to resign. At a press briefing in Prague the minister said the situation at the police presidium was untenable and that Martinu had proven a poor manager both in terms of people skills and financial matters. He expressed dissatisfaction with the way the country’s elite police units were functioning and criticized the police president for failing to prevent information leaks from the presidium. This latest development comes hot on the heels of last week’s resignation of Martinu’s chief deputy, Viktor Čech who cited “long-lasting discord between the country’s elite police units” as the reason behind his departure.