Judge disqualified in case over Janša's tweet

Ljubljana, 1 December - The president of the Supreme Court has accepted a motion by two plaintiffs to remove a supreme court judge from the panel that is to judge on an appeal in a case in which former Prime Minister Janez Janša was found guilty of insulting two journalists by calling them "washed up prostitutes" in a 2016 tweet.

Ljubljana
RTV Slovenija journalist Eugenija Carl and former journalist now MP Mojca Šetinc Pašek, who were both insulted by SDS leader Janez Janša in a March 2016 tweet.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
File photo

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 1.775 characters (without spaces) or 370 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

ep/mab
© STA, 2022