The main opposition party in the Czech Republic called for a distrust vote in the government on Thursday, accusing it of paying $45 million in Bitcoin from convicted criminals.
Alena Schillerova, Vice Chairman of the Right-wing ANO Party, explain In a post on Thursday X, her party believed there was “no choice” but filed a no-trust motion originally scheduled for Tuesday.
The Czech Ministry of Justice said it sold nearly 500 bitcoins on May 28 (BTC) In an auction, Czech Koruna ($45 million) Receive it from Tomas JirikovskyHe was online black market and was convicted in 2017 for embezzlement of public funds, drug trafficking and weapon assault.
Czech opposition wants investigation into Bitcoin donations
In the days since the sale, ANO has called for an investigation into the ministry’s actions and request information about who authorized the transaction.
Other requirements include whether the origin of Bitcoin was “legal review” before the sale, according to To ANO’s Thursday post.
The party also claimed that the winners of the Bitcoin auction “requested their funds to be refunded” and wanted to know “from what sources the damage caused will be compensated”.
Attorney General resigns on scandal
Czech Attorney General Pavel Blazek resigned on May 30 after facing increasing pressure but denied any misconduct and said his decision was to protect the government’s reputation ahead of the October general election.
On Tuesday, Czech President Petr Pavel swore in Eva Decroix to serve as the new attorney general, who promised to order an independent investigation into the ministry’s actions.
Since then explain Under her leadership, the Justice Department will “provide cooperation in investigating donation cases.”
Other world leaders on crypto trading
Argentina’s President Javier Milei also reviewed his X post to endorse Libertad Project’s Libra’s local sorana tokens (Libra), the company gathered at a market capitalization of US$4.56 billion on February 14.
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After he deleted the post, it dropped by more than 94%, prompting the charges Pumping Solution. Argentina’s anti-corruption office has Clear any wrongdoing And in a June 5 resolution, he said that when Milei endorsed the token, he was acting in his personal capacity and did not violate federal ethical laws for public officials.
US President Donald Trump has also been Under national scrutiny Oppose Democrats on his crypto deal.
On May 7, Democratic lawmakers Multiple attacks on Trump’s attack Crypto comes with two bills and a subcommittee investigation aimed at reducing its ability to profit from the initiative.
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