Former president GUILTY OF THEFT, lost his pension
Former Slovak President Andrej Kiska has lost his pension after being convicted of tax fraud, the Slovakian president’s office said, saying it had suspended his payments.
Kiska announced that he will appeal against that decision, stating that he does not need the money, but that he will still challenge the office’s decision in court because for him it is a matter of principle, AP reported.
The office states that the payment of pensions to Kiska was suspended due to the judgment of the appeals court on October 31, which confirmed the judgment of the lower court in which he was found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced to a conditional sentence of one year in prison.
That verdict is final, but Kiska, who has pleaded not guilty, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court.
Slovak presidents receive a pension of about $50,000 a year when they leave office.
In 2014, Kiska defeated then-Prime Minister Robert Fitz in the presidential election, and he supported the street protests that led to the fall of Fitz’s coalition government in 2018.
Kiska did not run for a second five-year term in 2019, and Fico began his third term as prime minister in 2023.
Source: Agencies, Tanjug
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