CTU Rector Splits Contract for Lawyers, Faces Appeal

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The long-time rector of the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague and nuclear physicist Vojtěch Petráček will face a motion to dismiss on Wednesday. He will have to explain, among other things, the high amounts he pays for consulting and legal services before the Academic Senate. These have grown to tens of millions in recent years and raise suspicions that Petráček has been circumventing the Public Procurement Act with them.

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The Academic Senate of the Czech Technical University will vote on Wednesday to dismiss its rector Vojtěch Petráček. The fact that he paid high fees for services as an advisor to President Petr Kolář may also have played a role.

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CTU senators want to dismiss rector Vojtěch Petráček, whom they accuse of non-transparent university management and high legal expenses. Deník N found out that the school was also troubled by the case surrounding the rector's forgotten backpack. In it, one of the professors found a draft contract between a law firm the university cooperates with and the rector's son. According to the editorial team, the school also paid hundreds of thousands of …

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CTU rector Vojtěch Petráček is facing dismissal from his position as head of the school. The president's advisor Petr Kolář was supposed to provide him with consulting services and collect almost four million crowns. The Academic Senate will vote on the dismissal of the long-serving rector on Wednesday. Petráček's critics claim that the rector used Kolář to have smooth access to President Petr Pavol and the powerful at Prague Castle. The Novinky…