Civic Democrats threaten shadow Health Minister with disciplinary proceedings

Civic Democrat MPs have threatened disciplinary proceedings against Social Democrat Shadow Health Minister David Rath. The threat comes as a result of harsh language used by Dr Rath to describe his counterpart, Health Minister Tomáš Julínek. Whilst introducing a proposed bill that would outlaw the privatization of hospitals, Dr Rath labeled Mr Julínek as a “corrupt” figure, accusing him of taking bribes from the pharmaceutical industry. The comments were made on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies and were greeted by jeers from the ruling Civic Democrats, who immediately announced that they would file disciplinary proceedings against the Shadow Health Minister. The situation was only calmed after the MPs went into a short recess.

Author: Dominik Jůn