In the petition, the President wrote that, as the directly elected head of state, he was forced to face attempts to usurp his power. The Prague High Prosecutor’s Office later announced in August that suspicions of sabotage were unfounded.

However, the investigation into the possible falsification of medical reports, which is handled by the Prague 6 District Prosecutor’s Office, continues.

“On the one hand, the public prosecutor did not find any facts that indicate, even suspicion, that the medical report presented was grossly distorted, or that important facts were hidden in it, because it was based on expert examination and testing,” said Aleš, a spokesman for the Prosecutor’s Office. Prague A dulcimer.

Regarding the report on the state of the president’s health received from the Central Military Hospital by the President of the Senate Miloš Vystrčil and the head of the presidential office Vratislav Mynář, according to the prosecutor’s office, “it is impossible to conclude from them the contents that in this case constitute a medical report, opinion or finding under the Criminal Code.” .

Cimbalo spokesperson too statethat the institution enshrined in Article 66 of the Constitution cannot be considered as a tool used to usurp the power of the president.

“This is a temporary transfer of powers to the Prime Minister, the Chair of the Chamber of Deputies and the Chair of the Senate, subject to certain conditions. In particular, the two chambers of Parliament must approve a resolution by a majority of the members present that the President of the Republic cannot exercise his office for serious reasons. This resolution then it is a kind of temporary measure related to the time when the highest constitutional official cannot hold his office,” he said.

Last October 10, the day after parliamentary elections, President Zeman was transferred to the intensive care clinic of the Central Military Hospital.

According to the doctor’s report, published by Senate President Vystrčil, Zeman was unable to perform his job duties at the time. In addition, the long-term prognosis of his health condition was highly uncertain, doctors said at the time.

Therefore, some senators and deputies began to consider the temporary transfer of some of the presidential powers under Article 66 of the Constitution.

The President’s spokesman, Jiří Ovčáček, stated that from the start, it was a case of false information about the President’s actual health condition.

In February, Zeman called the attempt to transfer power an attempted coup. In response, Vystril said he was acting as directed by the Constitution and as president of the Senate should act if the public did not have the information to which they were entitled about the health of the highest constitutional official.