{"id":1420,"date":"2019-07-04T17:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:30:57","slug":"transparency-international-to-sue-babis-for-libel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/transparency-international-to-sue-babis-for-libel\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparency International to sue Babis for libel!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>International corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) will sue the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babi\u0161, over his failure to apologise for defamatory comments made about the organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since TI brought to the EU\u2019s attention a possible conflict of interest involving Mr Babi\u0161 and EU funds, the Czech PM has repeatedly described the NGO as corrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, legal representatives of the organisation threatened to sue Mr Babi\u0161 unless issued an apology for his \u201cfalse accusations\u201d which the organisation claims to be \u201cdeeply offensive and damaging to the reputation of Transparency International.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAndrej Babi\u0161 did not comply with the pre-action notice,\u201d explained TI fundraising and communication manager David Kotora. \u201cWe sent two notices, one to the PM\u2019s office and one to Andrej Babi\u0161 as an individual. 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