Prague, Sept 15 (CTK) – Martin Konvicka, head of the Czech anti-Islam IMK group, has filed a criminal complaint against Prague Deputy Mayor Petr Dolinek over the latter’s alleged attempt to thwart a rally the IMK planned to stage outside the Saudi Arabia embassy last Sunday, Konvicka told media yesterday.
He said he plans to lodge a criminal complaint against Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (Social Democrats, CSSD) as well.
According to Konvicka, Dolinek (CSSD) attempted to thwart the rally by announcing that there was a sewage breakdown in the given locality. In doing so, he violated the freedom of assembly, misused his power as a public official and committed scaremongering, Konvicka said.
Asked to react, Dolinek told CTK Konvicka is “not worth a comment.”
The IMK staged a rally “With Humour to Mecca” outside the Saudi Arabia embassy in Prague on September 11, the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA.
Konvicka previously said the event would mock the culprits since mockery is what Islamists mind most of all.
Shortly after the rally began, the police dissolved it at the request of the City Hall officials, who said the participants offended a religion and diverted from the planned programme by playing Muslims and installing a mobile toilet as a Muslim sacred object.
Konvicka told journalists yesterday that he has also lodged a protest with the Prague Municipal Court on behalf of the rally’s organisers, along with a request for a thorough explanation of the City Hall’s steps.
The City Hall did not ban the rally beforehand though the IMK’s previous event in August, when its members played arrival of IS militants including a vehicle with gunmen shooting dummy weapons, had caused panic among people in Prague’s historical Old Town.
It is being investigated on suspicion of rioting.
Konvicka insists that the August event caused no panic and that he would lodge criminal complaints against a number of people, including Sobotka. By speaking about aroused panic, they committed scaremongering, Konvicka said.
“The prime minister will apologise to me. I will demand financial compensation, which I will donate for charity purposes, as I am sure of victory,” Konvicka said.
