Will there be time, in 2006, for a new look at the most recent Czech political history?

Revolutions create their own myths. But I've been receiving evidence from readers that seems to show that the "Revolution of 1989" wasn't such a triumph of freedom, democracy and decency as has been generally maintained. It appears that while the post-communist regime has almost completely failed to punish crimes committed under communism, it's highly likely that a large number of innocent people, many of whom were persecuted under communism, became victims of the post-1989 political purges, which were often motivated by greed. I have been receiving testimonies maintaining that large numbers of capable individuals were illegally dismissed from their posts by the revolutionary Civic Forum committees in the wake of the 1989 revolution. These committees were often made up of unscrupulous careerists who jumped on the bandwagon of the "democratic revolution," hoping to gain lucrative posts and covering up their incompetence with a newly found "democratic" political zeal.

Complete article in English was published on 2nd January 2006 by Czech Business Weekly HERE