Date set for Czech party boss Bárta’s corruption trial

Much-anticipated trial of Public Affairs' (VV) de facto leader Vít Bárta on bribery charges is scheduled to start on March 5

Politics & Policy|Society

Tom Jones | 08.02.2012

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Vít Bárta claims the cash he passed to former party colleagues came from the sale to his brother of the security and detective agency ABL

A trial date for Public Affairs' (VV) de facto head Vít Bárta has been set for what promises to be to the most-closely followed courtroom battles in recent years. Bárta, who first entered parliament in the summer of 2010 pledging to challenge the “political dinosaurs” and fight corruption, is to face charges of offering cash bribes. Former party colleague Jaroslav Škárka, who reported Bárta to the police, will stand accused of accepting a bribe.

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