Melčák has no intention of dropping complaint

Independent Member of Parliament Miloš Melčák, whose case before the Constitutional Court has derailed elections planned for October, has said he has no intention of withdrawing his complaint. Speaking to the press Thursday for the first time since the court announced it would hear his case, Mr Melčák said he was unsurprised by developments since then, adding that the only thing that did surprise him was the reaction of President Václav Klaus, who, he claimed, could be quickly stripped of his own mandate by the same law. Mr Melčák’s complaint to the court contests a so-called “one-time constitutional amendment” dissolving Parliament so as to instigate early elections and thereby allegedly depriving Mr Melčák of his right to hold office. The 70-year-old politician said that he would not damage the credibility of his complaint by withdrawing it, but that he had his fingers crossed that any solutions to the crisis would be lasting ones that neither he nor anyone else would be able to contest.