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Monday, March 4, 2013

Czech President Vaclav Klaus Faces Treason Charge


The Senate (Upper House) voted to refer the President to the constitutional court to rule on whether he had violated the constitution with a New Year amnesty(To mark the country's 20th anniversary of independence on January 1, Vaclav Klaus used a traditional tool of Czech presidents and ordered the release of more than 6 000 inmates serving short prison terms)

38 Senators in the 81-seat house, controlled by the left-wing opposition, voted to impeach the president, with 30 voting against

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