After the appointment of the characterless former Secretary of State Miroslav Stasek as the new Czech Ambassador to the USA, the moral failure of the Czech Ambassador to Israel Martin Stropnický is another disgrace.
Even diplomats are only human, but after such a fatal moral failure, they should resign immediately or be immediately dismissed by the Foreign Minister (they even drive drunk - Jana Hybášková became the Foreign Minister's Commissioner for Supporting Czechs to EU Institutions!).
They have no moral order, no self-reflection, they put their own person above the interests of the country. How many such diplomats and politicians "represent" our country, which the informed consider to be just a provincial Czech Kocourkov. We are a laughing stock to the whole world. It is also a disgrace for citizens who privately criticise, scold - and fail to act. The games around the appointment of the new Czech ambassador to Ukraine are just another example of the qualities of the Czech Foreign Ministry, which is more like a family business at the expense of the state, where for not a few employees, service to the country is not the first priority.
Let us hope that the US President will not sign the agrément. Miroslav Stašek actively participated in the liquidation of the diplomat, consul of the Czech Embassy in Morocco, Dr. Jana Chaloupkova, in the matter of visa trafficking and threatening the security of the Schengen area. Although it was within his powers and he was repeatedly informed by me about the case, he did not advocate for an independent investigation and was not active as would be consistent with his powers and responsibilities. The Czech Ambassador to Morocco, Viktor Lorenc, has already been dismissed, but he is still working at the Czech Foreign Ministry.
Diplomacy has been basically taken over by the ČSSD - unbelievable the way it takes care of its partisans - criminal practices that have nothing to do with real diplomacy!
I also addressed former Minister Jana Maláčová personally in the matter of Dr. Chaloupková - she promised to take an interest in the matter (she did nothing, but her partner, Aleš Chmelař, was appointed ambassador). Helena Bambasová, a prominent Czech diplomat who died recently. By virtue of her position and responsibility, she could not have been unaware of the scandal in Morocco. I have not seen any activity on her part in support of Dr. Chaloupková, only her praise in the media? The scandal of the Czech Ambassador to Sweden, Anita Grmelová, only illustrates the moral decline of our country's diplomacy. The U.S. Embassy in Prague was informed by me about the Morocco case, as were other "non-eastern" embassies in Prague.
I am afraid that the forthcoming Czech EU Presidency will only reveal the dismal state of Czech diplomacy. The fact that the characterless Emil Zátopek has been designated as the symbol of the Presidency instead of Věra Čáslavská only illustrates the moral decline and decay of our country, which cannot but be reflected in its diplomacy.
Jan Šinágl, 8.6.2022
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