Czech President Petr Pavel and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine
The office of Czech President Petr Pavel has rejected a proposal by the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party to strip Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country's highest state honour, the Order of the White Lion, stating that neither the Constitution nor the law grants the president of Czechia the authority to decide on the revocation of state honours.
Source: Ukrinform, with reference to a spokesperson for the Czech president, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The spokesperson said that a state honour awarded or conferred by the President of the Republic could be revoked only on the basis of a final court ruling imposing a penalty in the form of the deprivation of honorary titles and state honours. The spokesperson added that such a penalty could be imposed only under the conditions set out in the Criminal Code.
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