PRAGUE, December 9 / -- In the context of a legal dispute in which RPG, a company owning more than 44 thousand apartments in the Czech Republic, defends its fundamental rights against an assault by the Czech Parliament, RPG announces the appointment of law firm, Amsterdam & Peroff. This firm is known internationally for defending companies and individuals against the State when the State departs from the Rule of Law.
The firm will serve as counsel to the company following political attacks launched by certain members of Parliament in response to a recent privatisation audit. The audit, by BDO Prima Audit s.r.o, dated 20th November 2009 which addressed the situation of former State-owned residential properties, ruled in RPG's favor, determining that group has fulfilled its contractual obligations under the terms of a privatisation agreement.
On 3rd December 2009 the lower house of the Czech Parliament passed two Resolutions. The first stated that the private international investor, the European company RPG Industries, breached the privatization agreement contract to which it is a party, while the second recommended that the government of the Czech Republic take measures to prevent RPG Industries from enjoying the use of its own property in the Czech Republic.
These Parliamentary Resolutions are the latest chapter in an ongoing campaign of defamation and harassment against RPG conducted in the run up to the Parliamentary elections.
Mr. Robert Amsterdam, the founding partner of Amsterdam and Peroff, says that the Parliament's hostile offensive is groundless and politically motivated.
"This questionable conduct of certain Members of Parliament, in violation of constitutional precepts, should be a source of concern for Czech civil society," said Amsterdam, referring to the Parliamentary Resolutions which in his view, "make legal findings, without a prior hearing, contrary to the facts and well outside the scope of Parliament's proper purview. What is happening is an embarrassment for a modern, democratic, Rule of Law State of the European Union."
Amsterdam & Peroff will assist RPG and its principals in developing an appropriate response to the campaign which has been waged against them. In doing so Amsterdam & Peroff will assess State compliance with EU and International norms.
Information for the media:
The real estate group RPG Real Estate was established in the middle of 2006 as a result of the transformation of the mining company OKD, a.s. The property and activities related to real estate were incorporated into RPG Real Estate. Today, under the brand RPG Real Estate is included the companies RPG Byty, RPG RE Commercial, RPG RE Land, RPG RE Management and RPG Sluzby, which is under combined ownership with the company OKIN GROUP, a. s. The Group today owns and manages significant property, including residential properties, commercial space, commercial buildings, hotel complexes, hotels and extensive land, primarily in the Moravian-Silesian region.
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