Current Affairs Abuse of MPs expenses still plaguing Czech politics
Abuse of MPs expenses is an ongoing problem on the Czech political scene –and occasionally politicians pay a high price for the malpractice. On Thursday, former environment minister Libor Ambrozek admitted he had for years abused the expenses he received as an MP, using them to help finance his new family home. Mr. Ambrozek, who was running for the post vice-governor of the South Moravian region, fully admitted his guilt and withdrew his candidacy. Last year, the acting head of the Social Democrats Bohuslav Sobotka was embroiled in a similar scandal. Earlier Radio Prague spoke to political analyst Jiří Pehe about what’s behind the frequent abuse of MPs expenses.
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