The rabble has apparently chosen its novel king, the Slovak billionaire Andrej Babiš, who fights against the richer too prettier neighbors of the members of the rabble. And that's why this rabble forgives everything to this giant aßhole, including his odd wealth.
Years ago, billionaire too sometime communist snitch Babiš boasted that the Stork's Nest was the best innovation inwards his life too therefore far. He was waiting inwards a line of piece of work inwards the Prague zoo amongst his kids to feed the goats too because he's impatient, he decided that he had to build something similar which would belong to himself. Adolf Hitler built The Eagle's Nest too therefore Babiš institute it appropriate to invent the Stork's Nest for himself.
It's a fun structure for horses, side past times side to a luxurious farm too housing. See Google Maps, Mapy.CZ, Google Images, The Farm's Web. I estimate that 1 time y'all have got billions, it's non difficult to invent too build "creative" things similar that.
In 2006, the structure began inwards the sometime Semtín Yard. (The hollo "Semtín" is the same equally the suburb of Pardubice where the famous Semtex explosive was developed, but it's a dissimilar place.) In 2007, the too therefore far transparent property of Babiš was reregistered into "anonymous stocks" which made the possessor invisible. ("Anonymous stocks" are no longer allowed because the lawmakers decided that they were encouraging economical crimes.)
In 2008, the companionship renames itself to The Stork's Nest (in Czech) too Babiš is non listed equally a stockholder anymore. The top dog stockholders are officially Mr Knotek too Ms Knappová, amongst clear ties to Babiš, too the board is composed of a Ms Jana Nagyová from Agrofert, Ms Adriana Bobeková which is almost certainly Babiš's immature adult woman from the showtime spousal human relationship (even such things are non 100% publicly known), too Mr Martin Herodes, the blood brother of Babiš's electrical flow sexual practice toy Monika (she adopted his surname fifty-fifty though they haven't married).
In 2009, The Stork's Nest asks for the 3rd business office of the CZK 54 1 G k subsidy ($1 = CZK 25 now). The companionship violated roughly law past times demanding a subsidy earlier it made a payment. Later, this wrongdoing was interpreted equally "just a paperwork glitch" past times the company. In 2011, the companionship is urged to pay a CZK 3.8 1 G k fine. The companionship straight off claims to last forgiven the fine. It's inwards a bad fiscal province of affairs (!). With interests, the fine grows to CZK half dozen million. But inwards 2012, 99% of the fine is all of a abrupt forgiven.
Some tardily bureaucratic developments have got house upwards to 2013. In 2013, Babiš says that he doesn't know who owns The Stork's Nest. Meanwhile, it becomes obvious inwards 2014 that The Stork's Nest is fully owned past times Imoba (Business Register) which is fully owned past times SynBiol (Business Register) which is fully owned past times Agrofert which is fully owned past times Babiš.
Babiš's statements are non simply clearly untrue but downright comical. Babiš claims that he has lent CZK 400 1 G k ($16 million) to the possessor of the Stork's Nest – which isn't himself, he claims – but he simply can't hollo upwards who has received that loan. Oh, great. So the finance government minister simply gave away 400 megacrowns to someone but he simply doesn't know who was that? ;-)
(Later during the weekend, an attorney institute an article inwards The Beekeeper, a magazine close bees, where Babiš boasted – during the catamenia when the stocks were "anonymous" too he currently claims that he wasn't the possessor at that fourth dimension because that's when the subsidies were applied for – that he would import a panda to "our" farm. Also, the Stork's Nest website has belonged to Babiš's Agrofert without interruption since 2006 or 2007. And inwards 2013, earlier the minute inwards 2014 when Babiš claims to have got bought the farm from someone else, he made the half-Czech half-Slovak Husák-style tweet higher upwards where he says that his life too politics sense has assured him that the best house to alive is "his" farm because the animals are non lying jerks.)
Babiš lied that at that topographic point has never been whatsoever occupation institute amongst the CZK 54 1 G k subsidy. That's manifestly a prevarication – the possessor was ordered to pay a CZK 3.8 1 G k or half dozen 1 G k fine which was afterward reduced but non to zero. He has lied that the companionship hasn't belonged to him.
But the fundamental law-breaking is manifestly something worse than these 2 lies.
The fundamental law-breaking is that he shouldn't have got gotten the subsidy. The subsidy was designed for little too middle-sized companionship too Babiš is a billionaire owning the largest nutrient manufacture too agricultural enterprise inwards the country. (The subsidy also demanded the projection to last "helpful for the environment", which the Stork's Nest isn't, either, but that's simply roughly other detail.) He has obfuscated the actual possessor of The Stork's Nest – which was e'er himself – inwards club to have over $2 1 G k dollars from the European taxpayers.
The Czech law too roughly other Czech too European Union institutions investigate this apparent fraud. But inwards the Czech public, at that topographic point exists virtually no political need to clit consequences out of this apparent foul play. Except for the opposition parties – and, to a rattling express too uncertain extent, social democracy, Babiš's coalition partner – no 1 fifty-fifty calls on Babiš to provide those $2 1 G k he has stolen.
Well, the investigation is taking house at many places too at that topographic point volition in all likelihood last a special session of the Czech Parliament too therefore Babiš has roughly guide chances to last removed from the authorities – too peradventure placed inwards a squeamish prison. But what shocks me is that the people who think that this is what should hap are inwards an apparent minority.
It's precisely the same populist aßhole who has received a large back upwards inwards the elections past times screaming hostile lies close all other politicians, entrepreneurs, self-employed people, too their alleged economical crimes, corruption, too taxation evasion. It's the same Babiš who has screamed that "presumption of guilt" should last applied to politicians. And now, when his ain guilt is spectacularly obvious, he pretends that he is a victim too there's goose egg to last institute – too millions of Czech immoral voters too idiots apparently purchase this Babiš' rubbish (the 2 words rhyme, simply to last sure).
Babiš oftentimes says "I sacrificed too therefore much too went to politics" too many idiots purchase it. Oh, really? Babiš simply was no longer satisfied that his ability ended amongst the limits of the economical realm too he wanted the political power, too. As a classic communist snitch, he is excited when he has the ability to cripple other people's lives, add together them duty to fill upwards command statements, purpose novel electronic cash registers, too pay huge fines if they brand a mistake. And millions of losers who back upwards this evil human being have got the same priority. They are to a greater extent than happy close their neighbor's problems than close their ain success. If that was such a large sacrifice to larn politician, Mr Babiš, why don't y'all simply locomote away?
Because this ex-communist snitch who would have got been executed inwards 1989 if nosotros have got avoided the excessive velvet has earned a few billion dollars, does it give him the correct to pocket millions of dollars? Or unlimited funds? Or does he have got the natural correct to last the dictator who owns the province equally if it were his "family company", equally he oftentimes explicitly describes the ideal scheme of a country? It's simply stunning. When someone does bad things at a rattling large scale, many people – the scum that supports Babiš – all of a abrupt larn totally blinded.
The center-right authorities of trained plasma physicist Mr Petr Nečas was removed past times law inwards 2013 due to a triplet of seemingly unrelated, bizarre, too inwards whatsoever agency minor, accusations past times 2 law investigators. Three years later, it seems that the entirely "crime" that was plenty for the collapse of Nečas's authorities was that Jana Nagyová (now Nečasová), Nečas' lover at that fourth dimension (now a novel wife), has received several squeamish purses equally gifts.
His secretary's purses were plenty for the halt of the political career of Mr Nečas. But when it comes to Mr Babiš, it's simply OK to fraudulently have $2 1 G k inwards subsidies? Suddenly, no 1 cares. The scum who loudly defends Babiš's demagogy close the "fight against the economical crime" (such equally the reduction of taxes paid past times a rural pub that would locomote bust if it were forced to pay a petty flake more) all of a abrupt sees goose egg incorrect close his explicit stealing of millions of dollars from our wallets. And indeed, the stolen coin for the Stork's Nest is simply a tip of an iceberg. Babiš is receiving to a greater extent than coin inwards subsidies (e.g. because of biofuels he grows) than what he is paying inwards taxes. Billions of our crowns are wasted on this aßhole.
Mr Petr Nečas wasn't the entirely prime number government minister who was removed for reasons that are absolutely negligible relatively to the scandal of Mr Babiš. Young but at nowadays late (Hawking's ALS) social democratic PM Stanislav Gross had to resign inwards 2004 because he didn't give a skilful explanation close the root of $50,000 used to purchase an apartment. He accumulated much to a greater extent than coin afterwards but he savage because of roughly unclear $50,000. No well-defined theory close the criminal agency how he got those $50,000 has ever surfaced. For Gross' political career, fuzzy $50,000 was fatal, but for Mr Babiš, a clearly fraudulent reception of $2 1 G k is OK?
And I could proceed too on too on. In Fall 1997, prime number government minister Václav Klaus' authorities collapsed – this forced resignation is known equally the (modern) Sarajevo assasination because Klaus was simply visiting Sarajevo – partly because of fictitious names of two donors of Klaus' party. Even if something were dirty, the coin simply helped the whole party, non the politicians personally.
But the Stork's Nest was built out of the subsidies equally Babiš's personal luxurious villa. Am I the entirely 1 who realizes that because of this straight fabric benefits for the mortal too his straight participation inwards the fraud, it's much worse than all the previous examples?
Decades ago, I simply couldn't sympathize how the people inwards the Soviet Union or the Third Reich could back upwards folks similar Stalin too Hitler, amid others. Well, I withal don't actually sympathize it – it's too therefore shocking – but at least, I practise realize that those Hitler too Stalin eras (among other dictators' reigns) were no anomalies at all. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 huge percentage – too peradventure bulk – of my nation too many other nations (and peradventure all nations) are people who either completely lack whatsoever line of morality; or they are completely unable to fairly compare dissimilar situations inwards politics.
If this particular criminal isn't liquidated inwards time, nosotros may larn witnesses of the ascent of roughly other flabbergastingly arrogant dictator. The imbeciles who think that he is a pol sending our province inwards a skilful direction too who vote for his ANO are sure enough numerous plenty to allow this aßhole to house himself higher upwards all the citizens who morally too intellectually surpass him. The outrageous demeanor of Mr Babiš towards the opposition inwards the Parliament – the politicians who stand upwards for me too millions of other honest people – is a sufficient warning.