Czech Finance Minister will not resign from the recent Bitcoin scandal

Zbinuk Stanjura, the Finance Minister of the Czech Republic, refused to resign in response to a call from opposition to share responsibility for the controversial Bitcoin donations that his colleague Pavel Blazek has already been killed in the post of Justice Minister.

The Congressional session dedicated to politically harmful cases was postponed without completing discussion. Government opponents threatened a lack of confidence in votes and urged Prime Minister Petr Fiara to resign.

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The Czech Republic rattled off an unprecedented scandal, with enough crime to defeat the central right Spol (“together”) coalition ministers, or at least in the October election, negatively affected its likelihood.

Justice Minister Pavel Brazic was forced to leave his seat for a key role in the case. It has been revealed that his division has accepted 1 billion korna ($45 million) of cryptocurrency as a donation from former Darknet Market operator and convicted drug dealer Tomaszikovsky.

Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura, another member of the Prague government, rejected his call for resignation. Quoted by Czech news agency CTK, he emphasized that it was not violating the law and claimed that the Ministry of Justice is in charge of handling talented Bitcoin.

On Thursday, Stanjura took him to X to explain his views on the embarrassing moves of Brazik, highlighting that his own division was not involved in the decision to accept the code.

I consider the Bitcoin case a failure of Minister Blazek and his office. Again, I repeat @minfincz across @minfincz. Or @SS justicecz’s decision to accept a billion from drug dealers had nothing to do with it – and it has no power to approve or approve…

-ZbyněkStanjura (@zbynenek_stanjura) June 5, 2025

However, in commenting to the Czech media, the finance minister admitted that he knew Brazik’s intention to take the coin, claiming he had tried to persuade him not to do that. Speaking to the Seznam Zprávy News website, Stanjura said that he “sees a potential political issue” but could not prevent it.

In a speech to lawmakers earlier this week, Czech President Petr Pavel described the scandal as a “major issue” that undermines its reputation overseas.

According to a report from public radio station Cesky Rozras (čro), the Justice Department has already sold some of the crypto assets donated at auctions held between March and May this year.

The Czech Parliament is holding an extraordinary session over controversial code donations

On Thursday, the Bitcoin scandal hit the floor of delegates in the Czech House of Representatives, but political statements and long-term debate rich in conflict had little consequence. Attempts to continue Friday’s extraordinary session have failed, and it is unclear when it will resume.

Politicians challenging the government, including the largest opposition party, right-wing populist Ano (“Yes”), have called for the resignation of the entire Fiara cabinet. Leading by former Prime Minister Ano Babish, the person has already gathered enough signatures to launch a vote of unconfident.

The current head of government and his retired minister of justice have admitted that taking Bitcoin is “a mistake.” Petr Fiala said accepting donations without verification was “at least ethically problematic,” but Pavel Blazek apologized, but refused to accused corruption.

This was not enough for the opposition, and the mayor and independent (stand) faction demanded that Justice Minister Eva Decoroa from the Civic Democrats of Fiara (ODS) provide a detailed explanation of how the cryptocurrency was transferred to the state and identifying all responsible parties.

Meanwhile, the Czech Cryptocurrency Association has had the opportunity to denounce the government for its failure. In an acceptance of the coin, the state said that “the state has failed to comply with the basic requirements that entities subject to European MICA regulations or anti-money laundering laws must adhere to.”

Industry organizations stressed that Czech authorities failed to take all precautions to apply to donations of any size, including identifying donors and their motivations, establishing the origins of funds, and assessing potential risks of crime-related connections.