BRATISLAVA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Slovak Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar will step down from his post on May 31 at the latest, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini told a press conference on Tuesday.
"I've agreed with the Police Corps president that, partly given the current situation, and due to the need to stabilize the situation, calm down tension and free the police from being constantly under pressure from the media, which have been questioning its work, we've agreed that Gaspar will step down from his post," stressed Pellegrini who is interim interior minister after resignation of Tomas Drucker on Monday.
Gaspar said that he's keeping his promise that he would leave if he agreed on this with the interior minister.
"I'll ask to be released from the post of police corps president as early as the following day to make it clear and evident," expressed Gaspar, adding that he's leaving to enable the police to work without attacks and without politicisation.
The resignation of Gaspar was requested by the opposition and ten thousands of Slovaks during the rallies throughout of Slovakia in last few weeks. They criticised Gaspar for the course of the investigation into the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova.
