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Perpetrators involved in the abduction of Michal Kováč Jr
could get from five to 12 years behind bars
It was not an ordinary vote in parliament on March 30
After a majority of parliament passed the constitutional amendment
Anna Remiášová came down from the balcony and gave a bouquet of white flowers to MP Ján Budaj (OĽaNO) who for years has been trying to abolish the controversial 1998 amnesties that are preventing the investigation of her son’s murder
“It is well-known that I like flowers,” Remiášová told the press
issued amnesties for all acts related to the 1995 abduction of Michal Kováč Jr
the son of then-president Michal Kováč
Mečiar held a pre-election event in the town of Vrbové
At the end of the event he received congratulations and gifts from his voters as usual
A woman approached him with a bouquet of white flowers and suddenly threw them at Mečiar
dodged them so the flowers hit his shoulder
“I brought flowers to him and said that I wanted to look in the eyes of the person who ordered the murder of my son,” Remiášová then said
The flowers were from the grave of her son Robert who burned to death when his car exploded in April 1996
Until his death Robert Remiáš served as a contact for a key witness of the abduction of the president’s son and then-Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) member Oskar Fegyveres
the investigation into the abduction and Remiáš’ death has been halted
The constitutional amendment will grant the powers to parliament to revoke presidential pardons and amnesties if they are in discrepancy with the principles of the democratic rule of law
MPs approved a coalition-sponsored amendment with 124 of 150 votes
any revocation of amnesties or pardons must be evaluated within 60 days by the Constitutional Court (CC)
which will be tasked with either confirming or rejecting the parliamentary decision
If the court fails to reach a verdict within the set deadline
the parliament’s decision will stand
parliament decided via an amending proposal by the opposition that actions which are subject to amnesties will not fall under the statute of limitations
“It’s the first round that I evaluate positively,” Remiášová told the Sme daily
“I believe that this will end the dirty past which Mečiar affected all of Slovakia with.”
The amendment is slated to be forwarded to President Andrej Kiska
who has 15 days to sign it into law or exercise a veto
“We are waiting for his signature,” Béla Bugár
head of the coalition party Most-Híd told the press
“We hope that it will be as soon as possible because publishing [of the amendment] in the collection of laws takes at least a day.”
Once it’s published in the collection of laws
at least 30 lawmakers must submit a motion to annul Mečiar’s amnesties
which must be passed with at least 90 votes
Then the CC will have 60 days to approve or reject the motion
Opposition parties proposed scrapping the amnesties without the CC deciding over it
They pointed out that several of the CC members are nominees of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) led by Mečiar
which raises questions about how the court will decide
“We understand that PM Robert Fico and his group passed a hot potato to the Constitutional Court,” Remiášová told the Sme
“Out of fear of Mečiar they escaped liability and involved CC judges.”
The verdict of the court will likely be known in June
If the CC approves the annulment of Mečiar’s amnesties
prosecutors and judges halting the kidnapping investigation will be automatically cancelled
The police will have to reopen the investigation of the case and Bratislava’s district court will have to take the lawsuit against then-SIS head Ivan Lexa and the other 12 suspects out of the safe and re-launch preliminary talks
During the preliminary talks the court will decide whether it will accept the lawsuit and set the date of the main court hearing
or return the case to the prosecutor's office
Perpetrators involved in the abduction could get from five to 12 years behind bars
Current legislation is even stricter and those convicted of abduction could get 15-25 years in prison
Though scrapping the amnesties should reopen the investigation
many people involved in the case do not believe that anyone will end up in jail for what happened about 20 years ago
“I can’t imagine that because they will not find anyone guilty after all these years,” prosecutor Michal Serbin who accused Lexa and the other twelve suspects back in 2000 told Sme
“I was satisfied with having Lexa in jail for nine months and showing this nation who this person is.”
Some of the offenders identified by Serbin are also known from other cases and have stood trial several times
ex-SIS member Luboš Kosík is now in prison in Mali where he was in hiding
Michal Hrbáček is accused of forming a criminal group that was taking houses from people
Serbin considers abolishing the amnesties as an inevitable act because they are immoral
who now works at a pizzeria in the Czech Republic
agrees that the punishment of the people involved is not the most important thing now
“Scrapping the amnesties should lead to revealing the truth in court,” Fegyveres told Sme
Největší klubové úspěchy Adamec získal v dresu Trnavy
s níž vybojoval pět ligových titulů
Další dva přidal během vojny v Dukle Praha
Čtyřikrát se stal králem střelců
celkem v nejvyšší soutěži zaznamenal 170 gólů
letech 44 zápasů a vstřelil 14 gólů
Na MS 1962 byl nejmladším hráčem výběru trenéra Rudolfa Vytlačila a později rád vzpomínal na davy
které fotbalisty čekaly v Praze
ale přišly zástupy lidí
která se nezapomíná," řekl Adamec
který hrál i na světovém šampionátu v roce 1970. 
který "Hatrlo" vstřelil v roce 1968 v přátelském utkání do sítě brazilského národního týmu. 
První góly začal střílet za žáky v rodném městečku Vrbové
V šestnácti letech odešel do Spartaku v nedaleké Trnavě
V té strávil většinu své hráčské kariéry (dva roky hrál za Duklu Praha
se kterou v letech 1962 a 1963 získal první dva tituly
a mezi roky 1963 a 1965 zkusil štěstí ve Slovanu Bratislava)
Jako pětatřicátník získal Adamec angažmá ve Slovanu Vídeň
kde strávil tři roky jako hrající kouč
Poté se již definitivně dal na trenérskou dráhu
➡️ Na klub práve dorazila šokujúca a priam neuveriteľná správa
zomrela dnes o 10.45 v trnavskej nemocnici jedna z najväčších legiend trnavského
Působil na lavičce Trenčína i všech tří bratislavských prvoligových klubů (Interu
letech vedl i české týmy Bohemians a Zlín
V roce 1993 se stal asistentem Václava Ježka u československého týmu
kterému po rozpadu federace těsně unikl postup na MS 1994 v USA
a v letech 1999 až 2001 vedl reprezentaci samostatného Slovenska
který trenérskou kariéru ukončil v roce 2008 v Trnavě
Čtyřnásobný nejlepší střelec čs
ligy získal řadu ocenění
Je členem Síně slávy slovenského fotbalu i Klubu ligových kanonýrů
Umístil se na druhém místě (za Jánem Popluhárem) v anketě o nejlepšího slovenského fotbalistu minulého století
Slovak military police serving in Afghanistan now face a new threat – their personal data
could have wound up in the hands of their enemies
Slovak military police serving in Afghanistan now face a new threat – their personal data
The Sme daily in late May received a USB flash drive containing dozens of electronic files concerning personnel from the Military Police Base in Bratislava
The device was allegedly found on March 28 on the main square in the town of Vrbové
after the departure of a dark BMW 7-series limousine from a parking spot
which has authority over the military police
and turned the USB flash drive over to military investigators
The ministry launched a criminal investigation
and within days spokesman Vladimír Gemela announced they had narrowed the search for the culprit to four people who had access to the files
“We believe the motive may have been revenge
because we have been making some heavy personnel cuts recently
and 1,500 people have already left the ministry,” he said
The data on the USB flash drive concerns all of the 100-odd members of the military police base in the capital since 2006
Many of these people have since left the base and are among the 30 Slovak military police now serving in Afghanistan
Given that the identities of soldiers on foreign missions are closely protected
the leak thus represents a security threat
as a Slovak soldier who recently returned from an Afghan deployment explained
“Imagine that your job is to guard the airport
and one day you are contacted by someone who says he knows where your family lives
and that it would be better for their health if you let a certain truck or individual enter the base the next day,” the soldier told The Slovak Spectator
The files also contain the names of military policemen heading for other foreign Slovak missions
According to security expert Tomáš Valášek of the London-based Centre for European Reform
the leak of such data has to be taken seriously
“Even though so far we have not been on the front lines of the fight against terrorism
the fact that the names and personal data of people serving in Afghanistan were leaked into the public domain should concern us.”
But Gemela denied Slovak soldiers had been in any way at risk
“There was no threat whatsoever to these people [whose data was leaked]
Other files on the USB flash drive related to misconduct and crimes the military police were investigating
as well as details of their secret monitoring of various sites
There was also information on the salaries and education of police officers
“It’s a very serious matter that these files were leaked,” said Béla Bugár
who serves on the parliamentary defence and security committee
and at the June 10 sitting of the committee
we will certainly be demanding an explanation.”
“It’s a real screw-up,” said another committee member
Martin Pado of the opposition Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH)
And the fact the USB flash drive was not encrypted or protected in any way is totally irresponsible.”
Committee members for the ruling coalition Smer and Slovak National Party did not respond to requests for comment
Former defence ministers Martin Fedor and Juraj Liška
both of the opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) party
said they could not remember such a comprehensive data leak
“It’s a real embarrassment that these data were lost
and it demonstrates a lack of professionalism among those people whose job it is to protect such information,” Fedor said
“It’s a security risk in that the personal data of members of foreign missions have to be protected much more closely than those of ordinary personnel.”
Gemela said the culprit could face both dismissal and criminal charges
A special team is now leading the investigation
and took evidence from the Sme reporter who broke the story
“We have narrowed our search down to four suspicious parties who might have been responsible,” he said
“We will be able to determine precisely who it was.”