Mlynar gets no respect
IT Minister Vladimír Mlynář can't get any respect, not
even from Respekt, the weekly newspaper he used to
run. For months, Euro and others have been writing
about his habit of appointing friends to state jobs,
including such plum positions as board seats at Český
Telecom. Euro said he was also behind a $1-2m
consulting contract for Pedro Pick, who helped him
raise campaign money. MFD gave Mynář a "C" in June
for the way he handled a secret meeting about the sale
of Eurotel to Telecom. His latest troubles were caused
by MF Dnes's revelation that Telecom financed his
jaunt to the film festival. Respekt condemned this and
said he had done the very thing he had criticized as a
journalist. The irony of Mlynář is that he was brought
into politics by ex-Premier Josef Toovský because of
what he stood for as editor of Respekt, and now
Respekt has disowned him.
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