Two deputies to get full access to Stork’s Nest fraud report

The Czech Finance Ministry will provide two deputies with a full report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) into the so-called Stork’s Nest affair to two deputies. However, they won’t be able to pass the report to anyone else. The Minister of Finance, Alena Schilerová, made the statement in a debate programme on Czech Television. She also said the ministry does’t plan to release the report to the public.

Babiš, along with his fellow ANO party deputy boss, Jaroslav Faltýnek, and nine others face criminal proceedings over suspected fraud. Police have launched criminal proceedings but the lower house must lift the immunity of Babiš and Faltýnek for them to proceed against them. The two deny any wrongdoing.

The finance ministry last week released a short summary of OLAF`s report, which calls for the near 50 million crowns of European funding for the recreation and hotel complex connected with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to be withdrawn.

Author: Ruth Fraňková