Czech Minister Falls on $46M Bitcoin Scandal—Opposition Demands Full Govt Resignation
A political earthquake rocks Prague as a cabinet minister exits over ’donated’ BTC tied to a convicted felon. Opposition parties smell blood—and taxpayer money.
The $46 million question: Who else knew? Calls for the entire government to step up—or step down—grow louder. Meanwhile, Bitcoin just keeps proving it’s the ultimate bipartisan bribe.
Funny how ’crypto donations’ always seem to trace back to someone’s offshore wallet—and never to actual policy improvements.
Czech Coalition Government in Danger?
Today, Brno Daily reported that the lower house will hold an urgent session on Thursday. The opposition parties will use the occasion to demand the resignation of the coalition government, the deputy leaders of the ANO and SPD parties, Karel Havlicek and Radim Fiala, said on Sunday.
“We will want the government to find sufficient self-reflection and resign,” Havlicek said. The current cabinet could stay until the parliamentary elections in October, but it shouldn’t have the power to make major decisions.
If the coalition government doesn’t resign,
“We are very strongly considering calling a no-confidence vote in the government.”
Fiala, deputy leader of the far-right SPD, said that his party “will support an extraordinary session” and a vote of no confidence in the government.
However, lower house speaker Jan Skopecek said the opposition’s plans are just “theatre” in the campaign ahead of the elections. He added that Blažek has already resigned, so there is no reason for the cabinet to do so as well.
Moreover, Czech Fiscal Council chair Mojmir Hampl argued that this case raises numerous key technical questions. However, these will not be answered in the pre-election stage.
Meanwhile, Le Monde reported that Jirikovsky had been trying to recover about 1,500 BTC, seized by the police, since his imprisonment. During the trial, the court suspected that the coins came from. This is a dark web marketplace that, the report claims, shut down the day after Jirikovsky’s arrest.
Furthermore, BTC market monitors noted that a portion of the Nucleus-linked BTC, dormant since 2016, moved to new wallets in March. This is after Blažek signed the agreement, reports claim.
Jirikovsky claimed that he got to keep the BTC because he had obtained it legally. Blažek claimed he hadn’t made any promises in return for the donation.
All these allegations will likely be brought up during the Thursday emergency session.
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