MPs Didn't Discuss Credibility of SIS at Extraordinary Session

Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - MPs didn't discuss a resolution on the credibility of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) led by Pavol Gaspar at an extraordinary session on Thursday, as Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) pointed out that the proposal that was supposed to have been discussed is already on the agenda of the ongoing ordinary session. The House chair drew attention to the opinion of the parliamentary constitutional committee on how to proceed in such a case and closed the extraordinary session. The session was initiated by the opposition, which filed the request for convening it last week. The resolution is the work of a group of MPs from the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party. They proposed 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. It adopted its opinion on Thursday, stating that if an item is on the agenda of an ongoing session, the institution of convening a extraordinary session at the request of at least a fifth of MPs cannot be employed. It pointed out that if lawmakers wish to discuss an item at an earlier or different date, they should request that it be 'rescheduled'. The motion for a resolution on the credibility of SIS led by Pavol Gaspar remains on the agenda of the ongoing ordinary session and should therefore be discussed by MPs. am/df