(Romea) On Wednesday, 27 May, after three hours of debate, the Czech lower house decided not to strip Czech MP Karla Maříková of her immunity from prosecution for her remarks made on social media about Muslim immigrants. The Chamber of Deputies’ Immunity and Mandate Committee had previously recommended she not be stripped of immunity.
Police will not be able to charge the MP over her unlawful statements until she leaves office. Just five of the 165 MPs present voted in favor of stripping her immunity.
The number of those voting against lifting her immunity so she could be charged was 138. In January 2019, Maříková used her Facebook profile to compare Muslim immigrants to “invasive species” of animals and plants and said their entry into the EU should be banned.
