Thee government ministers and former prime minister Stanislav Gross are
among politicians who have so far failed to declare auxiliary income
and donations for 2004. The deadline, set by legislation on conflict of
interest, is set for July 1st. The government ministers who failed to
hand in declarations on Friday include Education Minister Petra
Buzkova, Trade Minister Milan Urban, and Health Minister Milada
Emmerova. There are no sanctions for the failure to meet the deadline:
the Constitutional Court recently struck down a fine for those who
failed to declare additional earnings in time, of around 30, 000
crowns, the equivalent of about 1,200 dollars US.