Daily Právo: Public Affairs received money from anonymous donors

The coalition Public Affairs party received money from anonymous donors, the daily Právo reported on Saturday. Two out of the party’s three biggest donors last year are bearer share companies; one of them is registered in Panama. Together, they donated over six million crowns to the party. Deputy party leader, and deputy prime minister Karolína Peake said she was “taken aback” by the report, and would make inquiries within the party.

The junior coalition Public Affairs party, which in 2010 ran on a strong anti-corruption platform, was itself recently rocked by corruption scandals; their founder and unofficial leader, Vít Bárta, is being tried for bribery. One of the party’s promises was to abolish bearer share companies, seen as a major corruption vehicle in the Czech Republic.

Author: Jan Richter