The Czech government canceled the resolution on the sending of ambassadors, who were selected by the previous government of Petr Fiala and approved by the president, to individual representative offices in the world. According to Prague Castle this is an extraordinary step that has no parallel in the modern history of the Czech Republic, reports TASR correspondent in Prague. The Czech media already wrote about this intention of the new government cabinet last week as a reaction to the fact that President Petr Pavel refused to appoint Filip Turk, a member of the Motoristi sebe party, as Minister of the Environment.
On Monday, the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies also indirectly confirmed this. Tomio Okamura said that the president should respect the resolution of the Chamber of Deputies, in which the deputies called on the head of state to respect the constitution and appoint members of the government without undue delay. which the Prime Minister proposed. The plan to cancel the sending of already approved diplomats was officially confirmed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and also the chairman of Motorist Petr Macinka on Monday after the government’s meeting.
He argued that, contrary to established practice, the previous government did not negotiate nominations with the then opposition. “This procedure was not only non-standard, but also somewhat arrogant, but mainly in direct contradiction to the interests of the Czech Republic, because people sent with a different mandate, different priorities and agenda than the new government should be working in dozens of places around the world. That’s why today we canceled the entire resolution and all heads of embassies and permanent missions will be re-elected, transparently and above all in accordance with the priorities of the new government,” said Macinka.
This applies, for example, to ambassadors in Lisbon, Paris, Geneva, Washington and many other places. The director of the communication department of the Office of the President of the Republic (KPR) Vít Kolář said in response that this is unprecedented in the modern history of the Czech Republic. “This is quite an extraordinary step, which has no parallel in the recent modern history of the Czech state a the question is whether it is legally feasible,” he emphasized.
