Cunek to make public full details of state attorney’s decision

The head of the Christian Democratic Party, Jiri Cunek, has said that in the interests of transparency he will make public all details of a decision this week by state attorney Arif Salichov to drop an investigation against him. But he has said, he will need to receive agreement from other parties in the case beforehand. Mr Cunek was suspected of having accepted a 500,000 crown bribe at a time he was mayor of the town of Vsetin in north Moravia. State attorney Arif Salichov halted proceedings against Mr Cunek twice on the grounds there was no evidence to confirm illicit dealing. The second decision has now also been checked and upheld by the Supreme State Attorney’s Office.

Jiri Cunek resigned as deputy prime minister as well as minister for local development after the case was reopened.