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(From The Slovak Spectator)

WHILE on May 20 it seemed as if the nation could start counting the final days of Slovakia's Special Court, which currently hears cases dealing with organised crime and high corruption, now both Prime Minister Robert Fico and the opposition are fighting to save the institution. However, opinions differ over the form the court should take in the future.

The prime minister's ruling coalition partners, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) -- whose MPs led the drive to have the court dissolved -- and the Slovak National Party (SNS), insist that the Special Court should not exist as a separate institution at all.

As a result of the efforts of a group of 46 governing coalition deputies, the Constitutional Court ruled on May 20 that the Special Court was not ...

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