Prague, April 17 (CTK) – The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry leaders have filed a criminal complaint due to the purchase of an economic information system and due to the shredding of documents after the change of ministers, Vladimir Repka, the spokesman for the ministry, told CTK on Tuesday.
The complaint was submitted to the High State Attorney due to suspected abuse of power and breach of trust with a possible damage of over 150 million crowns, the ministry said without mentioning any specific suspects.
The new Labour and Social Affairs Minister, Jaroslava Nemcova (ANO), took office last December, replacing Michaela Marksova (Social Democrats, CSSD) in the post.
Nemcova criticised former leaders of the ministry over the preparation and purchase of IT technologies, in particular for the EKIS/SAP economic system, referring to the findings of the Supreme Audit Office and to the forensic audit she commissioned.
She also complained that one hundred bags filled with documents had been carried away from the ministry when she took up the post.
According to the ministry’s current leadership, the criminal offence could have been intentional.
“It cannot be ruled out that it was a case of an association of a number of people with the aim of carrying out criminal activity, be it in the form of an organised group or criminal association,” Repka said, adding that the ministry elaborate on the investigation.
