It is reported that the Czech Finance Ministry headed by Mr Miroslav Kalousek and the nation public prosecutor’s office have blamed each other for being slow to respond to the Swiss authorities investigating the MUS case

A Swiss court has rejected the Czech Republic application to be a party to the ongoing criminal case launched against former managers of formerly state-owned mining company Mostecka uhelná společnost since renamed Czech Coal, while criticizing the Czechs for how they dealt with Swiss authorities.

According to a report by the Swiss newspaper Le Temps, the Swiss court decided on December 19 to reject the Czech application to be party to the case which involves criminal charges against six Czechs and one Belgian and has resulted in the freezing of around 600 million Swiss francs in 100 Swiss bank accounts.

Mr Valère Gogniat the journalist from Le Temps who broke the story told Czech Position he had been informed of the court decision which has not been made public, by a high-placed source within the Tribunal Federal Penal. He added that the Czech Republic will have 10 days to file an appeal after the official decision is published in the next week or so.

The decision of the Swiss court said that it was inadmissible for the Czech republic to be a plaintiff in the MUS court case which is due to take place in 2012.

(Sourced from www.ceskapozice.cz)