Will Blažek Run for the Chamber of Deputies? We'll Say Next Week, Fiala Said

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Pavel Blažek announced his resignation as Minister of Justice, but he is also an MP and the fourth candidate on the South Moravian candidate list of the Spolu coalition in the October parliamentary elections. The resignation raises the question of whether he will remain on the candidate list of the ODS, TOP 09 and the People's Party. The People's Party is traditionally strong in South Moravia, and Blažek's case of bitcoins donated to the Ministr…

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Prague - By quickly deciding to resign from the post of Minister of Justice, Pavel Blažek (ODS) reduced the impact of the case on the Spolu coalition (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09) and himself. Political scientist Lubomír Kopeček from Masaryk University in Brno told ČTK today. According to Miroslav Mareš from the same university, the minister's position was untenable after today. Josef Mlejnek from Charles University, unlike these two political scientis…

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Justice Minister Pavel Blažek has decided to resign after an agreement with Prime Minister Petr Fiala. "I am not aware of any illegal actions. However, I do not want to damage the reputation of the government or the governing coalition," he said in a statement on the X network. Politicians, including the prime minister, are already reacting to his actions. The head of the ANO movement accused the governing coalition of laundering dirty money.