According to coalition MPs, Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš (Pirates) has until the end of August to correct the construction procedure. Representatives of the opposition movements ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) spoke out for Bartoš’s resignation.
Jan Jakob, the leader of TOP 09 MPs, said today in the Partie Plus program on CNN Prima News that if the system is not perfect at the end of the holidays, he assumes that Bartoš will take personal responsibility.
Bartoš last time on Friday program Czech Television Události declined to resign, CTK is seeking a current statement.
The system started working at the beginning of July, but after a month it is accompanied by problems that are criticized by the authorities, professional associations and construction companies. Bartoš system in recent days he defended. He refused also that the ministry would not communicate, and in an extensive post on the X network he dealt with specific comments from critical letter Platforms for a sound construction law.
In the CNN Prima News program, Jakob emphasized that the change in construction management was necessary and all political parties agreed on it. When the system is fully functional, construction management will be simplified and accelerated, he added. According to him, Bartoš repeatedly assured members of the TOP 09 club that the system would be fine. He was also aware of his responsibility. “If the system doesn’t work as it should (at the end of August), I assume they will take personal responsibility,” he said.
Petr Letocha, deputy chairman of the parliamentary club of coalition Elders and Independents (STAN), firmly believes that the system will be fully functional by the end of August. “If not, then it’s up to the Pirate Party to take some political responsibility. If the repair will be led by Minister Bartoš or someone else, I would wait for September,” he said. However, he considers the debate about how to ensure that the system is functional to be primary.
The vice-chairman of ANO deputies, Patrik Nacher, criticized that the system did not pass a proper test operation. “Such a robust thing cannot be tested in heavy traffic,” he stated. According to him, the ministry should have backed down and postponed the start of digitization to the beginning of next year. The SPD would like to call an extraordinary meeting of the House of Representatives on the subject. However, according to Nacher, it makes no sense to convene it just so that politicians can scold Bartoš, but only at a moment when the goal would be, for example, a correction with a quick amendment.
The head of SPD deputies, Radim Fiala, believes that the digitization of construction management is the “biggest problem” in state IT systems since 1989. On CNN Prima News, he spoke in favor of Bartoš’s resignation. “It is his political responsibility, he did not program the system, but he is the one who handed out the tasks. If you have someone more capable of managing in the coalition and they ensure it, it will be a solution,” he told the coalition politicians. (ČTK)
