{"id":1422,"date":"2009-03-05T11:17:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T10:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-will-correct-the-mistakes-of-the-previous-government\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:09:26","slug":"fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-will-correct-the-mistakes-of-the-previous-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/de\/fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-will-correct-the-mistakes-of-the-previous-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Fico: Amendment to the Criminal Code will correct the mistakes of the previous government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page_content\">\n<div class=\"col_right\">\n<div class=\"article_view\">\n<div class=\"article_body\">\n<div class=\"abstract\">\n\nBy backing an amendment to the Criminal Code, the government says it is reacting to a problem which arose in the Slovak criminal system in 2005 following re-codification of the criminal law.\n\n<\/div>\n&#8222;We are only correcting the mistakes the previous Justice Minister made,&#8220; Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a March 4 press conference. He described the relevant part of the Criminal Code, passed under the then-justice minister, Daniel Lip\u0161ic, as &#8218;a complete mess&#8216;.\n\nFico added that the government rejects a provision passed under Lip\u0161ic, who is currently deputy chairman of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH), an opposition party. &#8222;This is an anti-constitutional provision as he [Lip\u0161ic] proposed unlimited and infinite [pre-trial] custody,&#8220; Fico noted.\n\nThe proposed amendment would allow pre-trial custody of up to four years for suspects accused of serious crimes which qualify for jail sentences of 25 years to life.\n\nPre-trial custody could be extended for a further one year (i.e. to five years in total) with the approval of a court. &#8222;Certain guarantees must be determined so that someone does not spend ten or twelve years in custody as Mr. Lip\u0161ic imagined,&#8220; the prime minister concluded.\n\nThe government also agreed to a shortened legislative proceeding to consider the amendment to the Criminal Code. MPs will therefore debate the amendment after its first reading, during their March meeting starting on March 10, 2009.\n<div>(Source: TASR; 04.03.2009)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1216\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil.avif\" alt=\"Richterhammer und Handschellen auf einem Tisch mit Gesetzespapieren im Hintergrund\" class=\"wp-image-23666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil.avif 1216w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-300x166.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-1024x566.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-768x424.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-480x265.avif 480w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-992x548.avif 992w, https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ulc-inarticle-1422-fico-amendment-to-the-criminal-code-wil-1200x663.avif 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By backing an amendment to the Criminal Code, the government says it is reacting to a problem which arose in the Slovak criminal system in 2005 following re-codification of the criminal law. &#8222;We are only correcting the mistakes the previous Justice Minister made,&#8220; Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a March 4 press conference. 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