“We raised this here as a question of whether Mr. Rafaj’s latest cases do not call into question the credibility of the entire Office. And the prime minister reacted that he would solve this on Monday at a coalition council with (CSSD chairman Jan) Hamáček, “he told the Ondráček server.
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At the end of June, the Ústí nad Labem Regional Council called on the government to dismiss Rafaj. The region is calling for a reform of decision-making mechanisms within the office. According to Deputy Governor for Transport Jaroslav Komínek, the decision-making of the Office regarding public procurement is not transparent and has signs of arbitrariness. A spokesman for the Office described the call as unfounded.
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The Ústí nad Labem region last bought several dozen buses and wanted to buy more. However, the Antimonopoly Office stopped the purchase and the region had to rent it.
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Last March, police intervened at the antitrust office over a toll collection tender. In June this year, the Aktuálně.cz server pointed out that Rafaj uses apartments written for the company of the influential behind-the-scenes player of the CSSD, Alexander Čuba. However, a deposit of 3.5 million for an apartment in Brno was paid from Rafaj’s account.
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