The Czech center-right government survived a no-confidence vote, which was submitted by the opposition party "Action of Disgruntled Citizens" (ANO) in connection with a corruption scandal surrounding a cryptocurrency donation made by a former prisoner, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
ANO, which is the largest opposition party and ranked first in opinion polls ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for October 3-4, accused the government of Petar Fiala of helping the former cybercriminal legalize his cryptocurrency of potentially illegal origin.
The no-confidence vote failed after two days of debate in the lower house of parliament, in which Fiala's Civic Democratic Party (CDP) has a majority.
Political veteran Pavel Blazek, a member of the CDP, resigned as justice minister on May 31 over accepting a bitcoin donation to the state, although he himself denied any wrongdoing. illegal.
Fiala called accepting the donation a political and ethical mistake.
The man who donated 468 bitcoins to the state was in prison from 2017 to 2021. He was found guilty on charges of drug trafficking, fraud, illegal possession of weapons and running an illegal online drug market.
Blazek has come under fire for allegedly laundering assets of the former prisoner, whose motives for making the donation to the government remain unclear.