Communist Party presents new amendment

The Communist Party has drafted a new amendment that would make the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes a part of the National Archives. The institute holds documents and files written by the Communist regime before 1989. Communist MP Kateřina Konečná told journalists on Monday that the party considers the institute’s decision to publish an index of former secret police agents wrong and that it could harm individuals and their families. Should the amendment be approved by the Czech parliament, employees of the institute would no longer have privileged access to the materials.