Slovak president blasts government's prosecution reforms, threatens veto

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova attends the new cabinet's inauguration, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo

(Reuters) -Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said on Friday she would likely veto the government's planned fast-track changes to criminal law that include scrapping a special prosecutor's office that has focused on corruption, saying the plan needed proper debate.

Caputova said the proposed changes included unacceptable political meddling in personnel matters, threatened to weaken the position of whistle-blowers and could lead to a halt in the inflow of European Union funds.