Czech judiciary emancipates itself

The Czech parliament on Wednesday removed the immunity of former defence minister Vlasta Parkanová, against whom the police is conducting investigations for allegedly ordering overpriced defence equipment. Czech society is beginning to clean itself up, writes the left-leaning daily Pravda: "What was a banal case has become an incident of cataclysmic proportions. To blame for this is, among others, the Finance Minister and party friend of Parkanová, Miroslav Kalousek, who has spoken of the Stasi and Gestapo methods employed by the police. Kalousek is not interested in the former defence minister, however, but in saving the system that is begining to show major cracks. He himself helped to construct this system in the defence ministry in the 1990s. ... We are now witnessing the emancipation of the law enforcement authorities. The police, prosecutors and judges are acting together and are no longer intimidated even by the highest-ranking  politicians. This marks the beginning of a cleansing process in Czech politics."

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