These days on the court docket in Liberec, the general public prosecutor proposed a sentence of three.5 years in jail for Liberec Governor Martin Půta (Mayors for the Liberec Area) in a corruption case. Consistent with the report, Půta accredited a bribe in reference to the reconstruction of the Liberec church of St. Mary Magdalene. He used to be meant to obtain 830,000 kroner, however he used to be paid 530,000 crowns in keeping with the indictment. Půta has denied guilt from the start, and earlier than as of late’s assembly at the X community, he stated he believed he can be acquitted. The final arguments started on the court docket in Liberec as of late, and the panel allotted as much as 8 days for them. 9 other folks and 5 firms are indicted within the corruption case.
Amongst them is the development corporate Metrostav. The sentence proposed by means of the plaintiff in court docket as of late is a abstract sentence, larger by means of 20 million crowns in comparison to the former conviction of the development corporate in different corruption instances. Metrostav’s protection legal professional requests that the abstract penalty be waived, taking into consideration its present quantity to be enough.
The case is hooked up with two tasks of the Liberec Geothermal Power for Voters (GEPO) corporate in Liberec from 2012 to 2014 for nearly 100 million crowns. A non-profit society sought after to attract Eu subsidies on them, however not anything used to be paid.
A part of the indictment pertains to Půta, in reference to securing a 55 million subsidy for the reconstruction of the church of St. Máří Magdalény in Liberec for 65 million crowns, which used to be made by means of the defendant corporate Metrostav. The indictment accuses Půta of accepting a bribe and abusing the authority of a public legit, which carries a penalty of 5 to 10 years in jail. Půta claims in court docket from the start that he didn’t ask for any bribe and didn’t even settle for it.
Consistent with the indictment, the governor used to be to be bribed by means of two staff of Metrostav, one died and the opposite denies the accusation. Metrostav could also be going through accusations that it manipulated and overcharged the contract for the reconstruction of the church with the promise of a 55 million Eu subsidy. Metrostav and its defendant subsidiary Metrostav Infrastructure entered right into a plea settlement with the prosecutor, however the court docket didn’t settle for it. These days, the general public prosecutor proposed the similar punishment for Metrostav as used to be within the draft settlement. Metrostav’s protection legal professional asked a waiver of the abstract sentence. He believes that the up to now imposed consequences are enough for the corporate. “She has already been sufficiently punished for the movements of her former staff ten years in the past,” the protection legal professional mentioned as of late.
The Liberec court docket is coping with the case for the second one time. For the primary time in Might 2020, he acquitted all of the defendants, however the prime court docket overturned the decision and despatched it again for a brand new trial.
