Report: Blažek has millions in property assets

New Justice Minister Pavel Blažek spent at least 13 million crowns purchasing property across the country, according to a report by denikinsider.cz. The newly appointed minister has properties in Brno, Marianské Lázně, Lišeň and Prague, spending huge sums of money to purchase the properties between 2001 and 2010. However, in response to the report, Blažek denied that there was anything untoward in the public servant and former lawyer having such sums of money available for the purchases, saying that they were made at a time when he and his wife had larger incomes. The new minister is reported to have made around 2.5 million annually from income derived from his properties as well as his salary as a lawyer. However, media reports have speculated on a possible nefarious connection between a 2001 7.5 million house purchase by Blažek and a tender related to the Ministry of Health and the company Diag Human. Mr Blažek has denied that there is any connection between these two events.

Author: Dominik Jůn