Court docket of Enchantment on the finish of October punished the ex-president with a suspended sentence for over the top tax deductions of his circle of relatives corporate KTAG within the quantity of over 155,000 euros (3.9 million CZK) in reference to the inclusion of the prices of Kiska’s pre-election marketing campaign prior to the direct election of the pinnacle of state in 2014 in KTAG’s accounting. Determination of the Regional Court docket in Prešov is legitimate, Okayiska has already introduced that information an strange treatment. KTAG paid the disputed quantity of tax prior to now, together with consequences.
Former presidents of Slovakia are entitled to a per month pension within the quantity of the fundamental wage of a member of the Slovak Parliament, lately EUR 4,076 monthly (CZK 103,100).
Lack of proper to existence annuity and state safety, for instance, for ex-presidents convicted of an intentional crime this yr the federal government of High Minister Robert Fico, whom Kiska defeated within the direct election of the pinnacle of state in 2014, driven via within the decrease area. By means of amending the regulation, the Chamber concurrently prolonged the proper to an annuity to different most sensible politicians after the top in their time period of administrative center; except the previous presidents, handiest Fico would lately meet the set stipulations.
Kiska prior to now he were given wealthy promoting stocks in firms coping with catalog and installment gross sales. Throughout his presidency from 2014 to 2019, he dispensed wage to households in want.
After his ultimate conviction, Kiska claimed that his proces was once an device of Fico’s political revenge. At the same time as president, Kiska outlined himself towards Fico, who’s now high minister for the fourth time. Fico was once charged by way of a police investigator the yr prior to final yr as an opposition baby-kisser in a case associated with suspected abuse of the police and monetary management towards political fighters of Fico’s Path-Social Democracy (Path-SD) birthday celebration, together with Kiska, all over the previous rule of the Path-SD. Alternatively, the prosecutor’s administrative center then stopped the prosecution of Fico and the opposite 3 accused, amongst whom had been, for instance, ex-Minister of the Inside and present Minister of Protection Robert Kaliňák or former police leader Tibor Gašpar, who’s now the deputy speaker of the parliament for Smér-SD.
