A group of 25 MEPs on Wednesday called on top Czech officials to take
action against the destabilization of the country’s Institute for the
Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the news agency ČTK said. In a letter to
the Czech president, prime minister and the head of the Senate, the
deputies expressed their concern over the recent replacement of the
institute’s director, which could lead to the closing down of the
government-sponsored institute, the MEPs said.
Earlier this month, the institute’s overseeing board dismissed its
director, Daniel Herman. Critics believe the move was politically
motivated
by the opposition which wants to change the discourse of the country’s
communist past.