Talk:Impeachment of Václav Klaus

Definition of "treason"

The article states that: "The President of the Czech Republic can only be impeached in the case of an act of treason (which is not defined in the constitution itself)." That is not true, because the article which defines the impeachment process, Article 65, states as follows:

"Article 65

(1) The President of the Republic may not be taken into detention, criminally prosecuted nor prosecuted for misdemeanors or other administrative offenses while in office.

(2) The Senate may, with the consent of the Chamber of Deputies, file a constitutional charge against the President of the Republic for high treason, gross violation of the Constitution or other segment of the constitutional order before the Constitutional Court; treason is deemed to mean any conduct of the President of the Republic directed against the sovereignty and integrality of the Republic as well as against the democratic order of the republic. Based on the constitutional action the Constitutional Court may hold that the President shall lose the Presidency office and any further eligibility for the office.

(3) For the Senate to approve the filing of a constitutional charge, the consent of a three-fifths majority of the votes of present senators is required. For the Chamber of Deputies to consent with the filing of the constitutional charge, the consent of a three-fifths majority of all deputies is required: if the Chamber of Deputies fails to grant the consent within three months from the day that the Senate sought such consent, the consent shall be deemed to have been withheld."

Source: https://public.psp.cz/en/docs/laws/constitution.html Kjokjen (talk) 13:17, 27 November 2022 (UTC)