Slovak president appoints district court judges

President Zuzana Caputova appointed six new district court judges in Kosice, Trebisov (Kosice region) and Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Tuesday. In her speech Caputova appealed for judicial independence, which she said was a constitutional right of citizens. "You personally must earn respect for the profession of judge," the president told the new judges. She pointed to the fact that they are assuming their posts at a time when the cleansing of the judiciary is one of the most important issues and when the depth and extent of problems are being gradually revealed. "We need to keep hearing how it is possible that such failures have occurred and how we can prevent them from occurring in the future," said Caputova.