The head of the Czech Republic’s main spending watchdog has finally been brought to book for refusing checks on the housekeeping of his own institution, the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ). A Prague court confirmed an earlier eight-month suspended prison sentence on  František Dohnal, spelling the end of the line for the man who had refused the right of members of parliament to look over its books.

Budgetary Control Committee chairman Vojtěch Filip (KSČM) has filed a criminal complaint against Supreme Audit Office president František Dohnal for his refusal to let MPs audit the office’s books. Police are now investigating the case, but even if the complaint is successful, few expect a resolution. Dohnal’s term expires in 2014, by which time court appeal processes, if filed, will not likely be resolved.

The Czech politicians and authorities have systematically failed to address serious allegations of corruption, Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) vice president Miloslav Kala said in an interview. The solution is not to further analyze the situation but rather to implement anti-corruption policies long under discussion — including extending the NKÚ’s powers, he says.