Slovak parlt committee approves Fico's candidacy for top court judge

The Slovak parliament's constitutional committee on Thursday decided that Smer-SD leader Robert Fico meets the legal criteria to become a Constitutional Court judge. The committee has thus okayed Fico's candidacy for the post of constitutional judge, with seven MPs voting for and six against. The parliamentary committee held a repeated vote on the former prime minister, as it failed to adopt a resolution in the original vote.