Czech President Petr Pavel is challenging the government’s decision to exclude him from leading the country’s NATO delegation for the summit in Turkey next month. The presidential office says Pavel has appealed to the Czech Constitutional Court, arguing that the matter concerns the scope of his constitutional authority. The dispute follows the government’s denial of his request to head the delegation to represent the Czech Republic at the summit. Bloomberg also reports that Pavel is turning to the top Czech court to contest the government’s action, framing it as a contest over who should represent the president in the NATO context for the upcoming meeting. Both accounts describe the same sequence: Pavel requests to lead the NATO delegation; the government refuses; and the president then files an appeal to the Constitutional Court to resolve the legal and constitutional questions. The reporting does not indicate the court’s timetable or the likely outcome.