In Slovakia, the trial of former president Andrej Kiska, who faces tax fraud charges by his family firm KTAG in connection with his presidential campaign, started on Thursday. According to the media, Kiska pleaded not guilty at the District Court in Poprad. He described his prosecution in front of journalists as the result of his refusal to submit to the mafia. Along with him, other KTAG executives are facing charges.
According to the indictment, the tax fraud relates to the accounting of Kisk’s pre-election presidential campaign costs to KTAG accounting and the subsequent withholding of value-added tax of more than 155,000 euros (3.7 million crowns). Before being elected as head of state in 2014, Kiska was one of the KTAG administrators.
According to Kiska, throughout the history of Slovak and Czech justice, no one has ever been tried in a similar case. “Due to the fact that we account for real activity in our corporate expenses and the tax office does not approve – no one has ever stood before a court on this. We correct tax returns, the state does not lose money. ,” Kiska, whose five-year term as president had ended, told reporters in 2019. He added that prosecutors replaced two investigators who refused to prosecute him. The KTAG tax case arose when Kiska was head of state.
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