The management of the control office approved the conclusions of the castle audit. I am awaiting the approval of the policy to publish | iRADIO
The conclusions of the management control of Prague Castle, which was carried out by the Supreme Audit Office last year, have been officially approved. This was confirmed to iROZHLAS.cz and Radiožurnál by the spokesperson of the office, Hana Kadečková. However, the office plans to publish the specific conclusions of the audit later. Elite detectives who requested part of the documents on the Castle workers are to blame for this.
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“The control conclusion for the control that controlled the management of state funds at the Office of the President of the Republic and the grant organizations Prague Castle Administration and Lány Forestry Administration, so this control conclusion today (on Monday, editor’s note) approved by the board of the SAO,” Hana Kadečková, spokeswoman for the Supreme Audit Office, confirmed to iROZHLAS.cz.
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According to her, this means that under normal circumstances the office could publish the conclusions of the inspection. However, the Supreme Audit Office is still bound by confidentiality and I have to wait for the approval of the police.
“In connection with the control, the cooperation of the law enforcement authorities was requested. As soon as we receive their approval, we will publish the results of the inspection,” she added, alluding to the fact that the documents were first requested by elite detectives.
Control target
According to website of the Supreme Audit Office the aim of the inspection is to “verify whether the Office of the President of the Republic, the contribution organizations Prague Castle Administration and Lány Forestry managed the state’s property as funds of the state budget in accordance with legal regulations, efficiently and economically”.
The inspection was originally supposed to focus only on the presidential office and the Prague Castle Administration. In the end, however, it was also extended to the Lány Forestry Administration, its inclusion on the control list was approved by the Board of the SAO in May 2022, due to a police investigation in the Lány Forestry Administration.
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As part of this case, its boss Miloš Balák was convicted a year ago. The court imposed a three-year prison sentence on him for influencing the public contract to ensure drainage of the slopes around the Klíčava water reservoir. But President Zeman pardoned Balák shortly after the sentencing.
For the year 2022, the Office of the President of the Republic was originally supposed to work with a budget of 420 million crowns. But budget cuts also led to a reduction in money for the presidential office, which had to make do with only 398 million crowns. From this amount, a group of coalition MPs took 30 million crowns for forest management when approving new items in this year’s budget precisely because of Balák’s case.
In 2021, the Office of the President of the Republic worked with a budget of more than 200 million higher. In addition, the Prague Castle Administration received money from the government’s budget reserve due to the drop in income from tourism and rental, due to the holding of social events.
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