The board of the Czech news agency, CTK, has to explain to parliamentarians why it accepted the resignation of the agency’s director-general, chose a successor and then reappointed the old chief when he changed his mind about quitting. The national news agency is a public corporation set up much like a Crown corporation in Canada.
In a close vote last August, the board appointed Radim Hreha to replace Milan Stibral who tendered his resignation to the board. But a month later he told the board he was staying. He said employees asked him to stay because they did not want a change in leadership at a time when the influence of news agencies is waning. Hreha said he plans to go to court to claim his appointment. The board has been told to explain the legal basis for their decision to a parliamentary committee by the middle of the October.
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