The ruling Czech political parties concluded that it was enough to deny everything and nothing bad could happen. A change took place after the Czech economy began stagnating in 1997. This is when Klaus admitted mistakes for the first time. This shook the confidence of many people in Klaus's government. The public began to see corruption as a more serious problem than it really was.
Corruption is primarily an economc problem.
The author is the publisher of the Czech Internet daily Britsk listy .