Disciplinary Proceedings against Former Special Prosecutor Open at NSS

Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) - Disciplinary proceedings against Daniel L. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], a prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office and former head of the now dissolved Special Prosecutor's Office, were launched at the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) on Monday. Daniel L. is facing demotion to a lower post in the prosecution service. He's rejected a plea bargain. The disciplinary motion, which is comprised of three points, states that Daniel L. aggressively shouted at the director of the PG Office's personnel office, saying that she was "obeying the rules of the Zilinka regime" and that "the PG Office's personnel office is doing overtime for the PG". Another point of the motion concerns a rejection of the defendant's complaint of being subject to proceedings without knowing the contents of a classified annex to the investigation file. He's also being disciplined for an allegedly inappropriate sarcastic comment concerning the the PG Office's management. The disciplinary motion was filed by PG Maros Zilinka a year ago. According to Daniel L.'s lawyer Ladislav Masar, the PG is in a severe conflict of interest concerning at least two of the three points of the case. ko/df