National Security Council meets over Czech Post corruption allegations

A meeting of the National Security Council over the allegations of corruption surrounding the state-owned company Czech Post and the Social Democratic Party is taking place on Thursday. The meeting was requested by Interior Minister Milan Chovanec. According to the allegations, a member of the Social Democratic Party requested a 3 million crown bribe, of which one million was to be for Minister Chovanec himself. The information appeared on the internet news site neovlivni.cz over the weekend. The minister has rejected the allegations and is filing charges of slander. The case is being investigated by the police. Speaking prior to the meeting, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said it was the government’s duty to respond to the alleged corruption.

Author: Ruth Fraňková