Pavel: Transfer of funds from defense to police and firefighter salaries is not systematic

President Petr Pavel views the transfer of nearly one billion crowns from the Ministry of Defense’s budget to the salaries of firefighters and police officers as a non-systematic solution. “If there were better coordination within the government, it wouldn’t have to be handled in such an ad hoc manner,” he told journalists on Wednesday during his visit to Japan. Czech Television reported last week that over 900 million crowns from the Ministry of Defense’s budget are expected to go toward police and firefighter salaries this year.