Senate nominates candidates for Ombudsman

The Senate on Wednesday nominated two candidates for the post of Ombudsman, left vacant following the death of Otakar Motejl in May of this year. They are former constitutional court judge Pavel Varvařovský and the head of the Prague Jewish community Frantisek Banyai. President Klaus, who is also entitled to make nominations to the post, on Tuesday proposed the former governor of south Bohemia Jan Zahradník and civic activist John Bok. The lower house is to elect a new Ombudsman on September 7th.