General Prosecutor will not appeal the ruling of not banning ĽSNS

The Supreme Court found evidence against extremists insufficient in April.

Jaromír ČižnárJaromír Čižnár (Source: Sme/Marko Erd)

General Prosecutor Jaromír Čižnár decided that he will not submit a proposal to review the ruling of the Supreme Court from late April. The Supreme Court then turned down his proposal to dismiss the extremist party of Marian Kotleba.

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Čižnár submitted the proposal to dissolve People’s Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) in May 2017. The Supreme Court ruled on April 29, 2019 that ĽSNS may continue its activities.

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At the same time, the court did not consider the lawsuit an act of bullying towards anyone, as ĽSNS claimed during the proceeding, the Sme daily wrote back then.

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