Parliament’s Security Committee fails to hear elite police chiefs

Parliament’s Security Committee failed to hear two elite police chiefs and Olomouc’s high state prosecutor Ivo Ištvanon on Thursday evening. After two hours of debate the committees members failed to approve a procedural order and the meeting was terminated.The hearing was requested by the head of the squad for fighting organized crime Robert Šlachta who said he had evidence of links between the police and the criminal underworld. Mr. Slachta resigned from office over a planned police reform which he believes is being undertaken to bring his team of investigators under greater control and undermine their independence.