An independent system of justice is the worst nightmare of a justice minister charged with whitewashing a "major screw-up" in the system, as Pres. Petr Pavel himself referred to the bitcoin affair of ex-Justice Min. Pavel Blažek. If there were ever any uncertainties about the role of Blažek's successor, Eva Decroix, her comments yesterday should dispel them. Not only did she contradict herself multiple times in explaining why ex-Justice David Uhlíř had quit as her hand-picked external adviser for coordinating the clarification of the scandal, but she also complained that Olomouc Senior State Prosecutor Radim Dragoun wasn't answering her questions satisfactorily. Decroix now wants Supreme State Prosecutor Lenka Bradáčová to step in to conduct supervision. One way to read this is that Dragoun is getting too close to the truth and needs to be reined in. Who better to do it than the selective state prosecutor who has been deciding for more than a decade which major corruption cases should be prosecuted and who gets a pass? A truly independent senior state prosecutor would see this as his cue to start filing criminal charges quickly.