DPP ('Prague Public Transit Company' or ' Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy' in Czech language) DPP rejects the non-transparency claims for Metro D tender and that the financing of Metro D from the European Investment Bank is at risk. They have released the following press release (original in Czech and here translated by me to English - anhy mistake in translation is unintentional):

Press release: DPP emphatically rejects the claim that the financing of metro D from the European Investment Bank is at risk

03/10/2023 Prague, October 3, 2023 – Transport company hl. City of Prague (DPP) strongly objects to the statement that was published in the ČT Events program on October 2, 2023 regarding the alleged threat to the financing of Metro D by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The information published in the report about the suspension of financing by the EIB is false. At the same time, the DPP objects to the statement of the director of the Vinci Group about the alleged non-transparency of the procurement procedure.

Representative Ondřej Prokop (ANO) specifically stated for ČT that the European Investment Bank should have stopped the financing of metro D as early as October 2, 2023. However, Czech Television did not verify this information with the European Investment Bank, the Prague City Council, or the DPP. The result was the publication of false information to allegedly stop the financing of the project. "We are very sorry that Česká TV and Ondřej Prokop, a representative of the HMP and a member of the DPP supervisory board, were abused in the framework of the tough competitive battle that accompanies the procurement process for the construction contractor of the second section of metro D from Olbrachtova station to Nové Dvory," says Petr Witowski, chairman of the board and general manager of DPP.

The falsehood of the information published in the report is also confirmed by the fact that even the capital city of Prague, which is negotiating with the EIB for financing, has no information about its suspension. At the moment, after all, these funds have not even been drawn, because this stage is not being built yet. In addition, ch. The City of Prague does not yet have a contract with the EIB for the drawing of funds, so it could not even be stopped.

At the same time, the DPP strongly objects to the statement of the director of the Vinci Group, Martin Borovka, about the lack of transparency of the tender, which is contrary to the procedure of the companies from the association of companies led by PORR. On September 8, 2022, the company PORR filed a petition regarding the procurement procedure with the Office for the Protection of Economic Competition (ÚOHS), which, however, rejected it on November 23, 2022. The company PORR did not file another appeal against the decision to the chairman of the UOHS.