BRATISLAVA July 29, (WEBNOVINY) – Independent MP Igor Matovic, leader of the Ordinary People movement, visited the General Prosecution Office this Friday for a hearing on corruption among politicians, about which he told the media. “I usually have such feelings at confession; I poured my heart out and told them everything I know,” Matovic said. According to him, the hearing was mostly about political nominations. He also said that 22 years after the fall of communism we should finally pull ourselves together and end a period in which being a member of the Communist party was essential to any success. Matovic, however, refused to be more specific on concrete party nominees and the parties that were to have installed them. There still is some written evidence he will submit to the prosecution. The MP added that he firmly believes that the prosecution will state that party nominations and cronyism are corruption and that he considers today’s hearing the first dose of chemotherapy in party nominations that he considers cancerous.
The hearing was initiated by Deputy Prosecutor General Dobroslav Trnka, although it was in fact carried out by the elected but not yet appointed Prosecutor General Jozef Centes. Matovic started addressing corruption on July 12, when parliament was voting on his proposal to lift the duty to provide meal vouchers to employees and replace them with financial contributions that were to be spent on food. Some coalition MPs however did not raise their hands for the suggestion. Matovic said that accounts of some MPs should be audited, indicating that rich meal voucher companies may be corrupting some members of parliament. He later repeated the claim, adding that he also considers political nominations, a common practice in Slovakia since the times of socialism, political corruption. According to Matovic corrupt behavior is common in both the opposition and coalition parties.
SITA