Judicial system: Slovakia’s most distrusted institution

Almost 67 percent of those asked wholly or partially distrust the Slovak judicial system, reports a survey carried out by the Focus agency on a sample of 1,003 respondents at the turn of June and July. On the contrary, the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) is the most trustworthy institution in Slovakia, trusted by 71 percent of respondents. "Despite our work conditions, we are increasingly present in the European research community and I believe the survey is a reflection of this situation," said SAV chairman Pavol Šajgalík. Slovak universities ended up second (70.6 percent), followed by local governments in towns and villages (65.2 percent). The survey further showed that public broadcaster RTVS enjoys the trust of 63.7 percent of respondents, the army 63.2 percent, the president 51.4 percent, trade unions 49.9 percent, the police 48.7 percent, state authorities 47.2 percent, private media 42.6 percent, NGOs 41.1 percent, the Government 34.2 percent, large firms and corporations 34 percent, Parliament 31.5 percent and the judicial system 30.9 percent.