Extraordinary Session on Credibility of SIS Led by Gaspar Convened for Thursday

Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - An extraordinary parliamentary session concerning a resolution on the credibility of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) led by Pavol Gaspar is scheduled for Thursday (23 October) afternoon, TASR learnt from Parliament's website on Wednesday. The meeting was convened by Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD). It was initiated by the opposition and the request for convening it was submitted last week. The resolution is the work of a group of MPs from the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party. They propose that the House, among other things, should call on the government and the president to dismiss Gaspar from his post as SIS director. Rasi approached the parliamentary constitutional committee in this regard. He explained to TASR that a legislatively ambiguous situation had arisen, as the opposition is asking to convene a meeting with a single agenda item that is already on the agenda of the current session. The House chief therefore asked for the committee's opinion on whether at a session convened at the request of a group of MPs it is possible to propose a discussion of an agenda item that is on the approved agenda of the current session. The committee hasn't yet adopted an opinion. am/df