Slovak couple, Ivan Novotný and Metod Špaček, applied to have their marriage certificate registered before the Special Registry Office eight months ago. On Monday, 10 August, the couple received a rejection letter. The response did not come from the registry office but straight from the Minister of Interior of the Slovak Republic and signed by Matúš Šutaj Eštok.
'It was a rejection... This constitutes blatant, undisguised political interference in a proceeding that, by law, must be conducted independently and in accordance with the law,' Novotný said on Instagram. He headlined his post with the following in all-caps: 'Political Interference Instead of a Legal Decision.'
