Prague, Sept 2 (CTK) – Vratislav Mynar, head of Czech President Milos Zeman’s office, will be heard by the commission of the Chamber of Deputies which is looking into the controversial restructuring of national police bodies on Monday, he told CTK on Friday.
The police shake-up as from August 1 caused a rift between the two major government coalition parties, the Social Democrats (CSSD) and ANO.
The commission deals with suspicions connected with the procedure of the police presidium, police officers from the former UOOZ mafia squad and state attorneys from the High State Attorney’s Office in Olomouc, north Moravia, in connection with changes in the police.
The commission has met four times and heard Supreme State Attorney Pavel Zeman and Prague High State Attorney Lenka Bradacova among others.
On Monday morning, the commission will hear Interior Minister Milan Chovanec (CSSD). Finance Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will come after the government’s meeting, which is scheduled to start at 14:00.
Mynar told CTK that he has excused himself from Zeman’s evening programme on Monday evening when he will host Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev.
Mynar said the invitation he has received does not state any reasons why he should appear before the commission.
Media have speculated that the reason is Mynar’s failure to be granted security vetting.
The public Czech Radio (CRo), referring to four knowledgeable sources, said politicians will want Mynar to explain the police wiretappings, in which businessman Ivan Kysely speaks about that it is necessary to deal with the security vetting “for Vrata.”
Vrata is a diminutive of Mynar’s first name Vratislav.
The wiretappings were made in the Olomouc corruption case Vidkun.
