Criminal Case Possible Over Lustration of Opposition Leader's Mother
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A criminal investigation could emerge from the lustration controversy involving the mother of Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition Progressive Slovakia party. The case centers on historical security file reviews that have become a politically charged issue. Šimečka leads Progressive Slovakia, the largest opposition party in Slovakia's parliament, which has been critical of Prime Minister Robert Fico's government policies. Lustration refers to the post-communist practice of reviewing individuals' past collaboration with the former communist-era secret police, a process that remains sensitive in Slovak politics decades after the 1989 revolution.