Following the first ruling, passed last year, the prosecutors moved to call a new procedure. According to press reports, the defendant, who is under preliminary detention, has recently been taken to hospital. Rezešová is the daughter of the late Alexander Rezeš, Slovakia’s transport minister in the 1990’s and the country’s second richest businessman at the time. Late last year, the sentence triggered a dispute questioning judicial independence.

Fidesz group leader Antal Rogán expressed outrage over the court’s decision to allow Rezešová’s house arrest. The Association of Hungarian Judges issued a statement insisting that judges could not be given instructions to fulfil the wishes of other branches of power.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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