On Thursday, the main opposition party of the Czech Republic called for a vote without confidence in the government, accusing it of corruption on a bitcoin payment of $ 45 million in a convicted criminal.
Alena Schillerova, vice-president of the Ano right-wing party, said in an article from Thursday to X that her party thought there was “no other choice” than to submit the motion of non-confidence, which is scheduled for Tuesday.
The Czech justice ministry said on May 28 that it had sold nearly 500 bitcoin (BTC) for 1 billion Czech Koruna ($ 45 million) during an auction after having received it from Tomas Jirikovsky, which organized an online black market and was found guilty of embezzlement, drug trafficking and violations of arms in 2017.
Czech opposition wants a probe on Bitcoin donation
In the days following the sale, Ano called for an investigation into the driving of the ministry and asked for information on which authorized the transaction.
Among the other requests, there is whether the origin of Bitcoin was “legally verified” before the sale, according to an ano Thursday article.
The party also alleged that the winners of the Bitcoin auction “demand their funds” and wanted to know “according to what sources the damage will be offset”.
The Minister of Justice resigns over the scandal
The Czech Minister of Justice, Pavel Blazek, resigned on May 30 after having faced increasing pressure, but denied any reprehensible act and declared that his decision to leave concerned the reputation of the government during election in October.
On Tuesday, Czech President Petr Pavel swore in Eva Decroix as a new Minister of Justice, who promised to order an independent investigation into the actions of the ministry.
She has since declared that the Ministry of Justice, under his direction, “would provide cooperation in the survey on the case of donation”.
Other world leaders under fire on cryptographic transactions
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, was also examined against his X Post approving the native token of the Libertad Project, Balance (Balance), which joined a market capitalization of $ 4.56 billion on February 14.
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He fell by more than 94% after deleting his post, which caused accusations of pumping program and devesine. The Argentina’s anti-corruption office authorized Milei to any reprehensible act and declared in a resolution of June 5 that Milei acts personally when he approved the token and did not violate the federal ethical laws for civil servants.
US President Donald Trump was also examined by the country’s opposing Democratic Party on his cryptographic relations.
On May 7, Democratic legislators launched a multi-drug attack against Trump Crypto companies with two bills and a sub-comity survey to reduce its ability to take advantage of initiatives.
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