Police Investigate Interior Ministry's Anti-Drug Campaign

Bratislava, 21 June (TASR) - The police are dealing with the Interior Ministry's campaign 'Na vlastnej kozi' (First-Hand Experience), an interactive nationwide roadshow aimed at protecting children from drugs, TASR has learnt from Bratislava region police spokesperson Lukas Pecek. "Officers from the Bratislava I District Directorate of the Police Corps received a criminal complaint from the Bratislava I District Prosecutor's Office in connection with the campaign organised by the Interior Ministry," stated Pecek. Gabriela Kovacova of the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor's Office confirmed for TASR that the supervising prosecutor referred the criminal complaint to a police investigator on 1 June, adding that no charges have been brought against any individual to date. In connection with the roadshow, MP Martina Bajo Holeckova from the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has filed a criminal complaint against Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) and singer Rene Rendy over suspected criminal endangerment of the moral upbringing of minors. Another criminal complaint against the minister concerns suspected procurement manipulation and misuse of power by a public official, according to Bajo Holeckova. "The entire procurement process for the Interior Ministry's campaign was more than suspicious," she said, noting that "there are several videos showing Rendy promoting alcohol" at the Interior Ministry's events intended to protect children from drugs. jrg