The Speaker of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil, reportedly said the Senate will file a complaint against President Milos Zeman for treason, on the grounds that he publicized state secrets. This refers to the fact that Zeman told the nation the truth: the official report of the state security services gave no evidence that two Russian agents were involved in the explosion at a munitions warehouse in Vrbetice in 2014. Zeman thus exposed the false nature of the charges the government has made against Russia that has led to the mutual expulsion of diplomats.
Vystrcil said they are now looking at this “option” of instituting charges of treason, but for now “we must gather the required information and hear the experts [on constitutional law] over the emerging situation.”
He said the government had already begun gathering signatures under a petition to the Senate demanding that the constitutional complaint to charge Zeman with treason be filed.
