Kroupa, Reflex, Borák, Respekt

In the latest Bulletin of the Czech Chamber of Architects, I was struck by the reaction of the president of ČKA, Dalibor Borák, to the survey response of Ivan Kroupa in the review issue of the magazine Reflex for the year 2009. Kroupa expresses his long-term frustration with the state of the professional environment in the Czech Republic and literally states: "The Czech Chamber of Architects, or rather its officials who manage this environment, do not improve their work, do not contribute to the improvement of the conditions and prestige of the field. The year 2009 was perhaps the worst in this respect - the abuse of positions for someone’s advantage, discrimination against others, extremely incorrect and legally non-standard behavior." In his response, Borák criticizes Kroupa for his baseless insult and false accusation, warning that false accusations have been considered a criminal offense since January 2010.
While reading Kroupa's text, a recent experience came to mind from reading an article published in another Czech periodical - the magazine Respekt. In one of the February issues, an interesting article titled "Don’t Heat, Don’t Pay" appeared, discussing the subsidy program Green Savings, featuring voices from the director of the sustainable energy department at the Ministry of the Environment, the spokesperson of the subsidy fund, and also giving the floor to the president of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Dalibor Borák. His response surprised me: "My company has been promoting the construction of low-energy houses for four years," he says. "Before the program started, we didn't build a single one; we only had a few developed projects. But now we are building a house worth sixteen million and more requests are coming from wealthy people." I believe that the president, along with the spokesman for the Chamber, will clarify the media rules of the game for the future.