The game's not finished yet.
Karel Havlicek, Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Minister of Industry and Trade. He is also Minister of Transport. In recent days, he has also been one of the few leading faces of our country's leadership who is willing to appear before the camera and present and defend the successful, problematic and unsuccessful steps of the Czech government. The Prague City Court has finally ruled to annul four measures of the Ministry of Health restricting free movement and retail. According to the ruling, these measures are illegal. The reaction of the Deputy Prime Minister came as a surprise. He said that the game is not yet over (Events and Commentaries, CT, 23.4), and that a cassation complaint will follow. Whatever, the fee for filing this complaint is only five thousand crowns, but to consider the government's failure to follow legal procedures as an unplayed game is unsympathetic. It seems demagogic to defend the above actions by claiming that it was necessary to save thousands of lives. First of all, it is not entirely certain how the figures would have developed if the procedure had been different, but above all, all the measures taken could have been carried out in accordance with the laws in force. Karel Havlicek is the author of several publications with the word marketing in their titles. I have not read any of them, but if the procedure used by Havlíček is presented in them, with the populist message that 'people in our country are sensible and therefore understand that what we have done was necessary', then this is rather shameful marketing. On the one hand, it is clear that communication with journalists, and indirectly with the public, ended up on the shoulders of the clueless, sad-eyed Adam Vojtěch and the wheel-spinning, breathless Karel Havlíček. On the other hand, there is visibly less Babiš, Hamáček and Prymula. How to understand this signal? The arrival of the second garrison or the fatigue of the bosses? More likely just the willingness of some to sacrifice, or simple respect for orders. At least a temporary replacement of what is outdated and worn out, albeit for something that is untrustworthy and confused. And the caravan moves on.
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