Slovak court rejects to ban parliamentary far right party

Marian Kotleba chairman of the far right People's Party Our Slovakia, walks to the Supreme Court in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday, April 29, 2019. The Supreme Court is considering a request from the Prosecutor General to ban Marian Kotleba's parliamentary far-right party. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Marian Kotleba chairman of the far right People's Party Our Slovakia, arrives at the Supreme Court in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday, April 29, 2019. The Supreme Court is considering a request from the Prosecutor General to ban Marian Kotleba's parliamentary far-right party. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovakia's Supreme Court has dismissed a request by the country's prosecutor general to ban a far-right party that has 14 seats in the country's parliament.

In his request filed two years ago, Jaromir Cizna said the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia is an extremist group whose activities violate the country's constitution.

But the court ruled Monday the prosecutor general failed to provide enough evidence for the ban.

The verdict is final.

The party openly admires the Nazi puppet state that the country was during World War II. Party members use Nazi salutes, blame Roma for crime in deprived areas, consider NATO a terror group and want the country out of the alliance and the European Union.

If granted, it would have been the first ban on a parliamentary party.