A communist intelligence officer has signed a law banning communism. The Czech Republic is really starting to look ridiculous
The ban on promoting communism is now in force. The president has signed the criminal codeThe communist's signing of the law banning communism naturally sparked a flood of entirely justified ironic comments on social media. For example:"You couldn't make this up even if you tried. A big ex-communist intelligence officer signs a ban on the promotion of communism. These are paradoxes, Mr. Vaněk." [A well-known quote from a play by Václav Havel]
When
Petr Pavel was elected president, I commented that it was a real shame that someone who was not tainted could not be appointed to the highest office in the Czech Republic. It is as if everything in the Czech Republic has to be imperfect in some way. I cannot respect Petr Pavel because I remember well from the 1970s and 1980s the young men who enthusiastically joined the criminal Communist Party for career reasons.
And when someone even joined the military intelligence service, that was extreme.