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— history of the recording from Červený Hrádek and its leakage from the Czech Television (video) It was also
remixed and released as a dance-song.
The widespread feeling of moral and intellectual decay among
Czechoslovakia's ruling elite was confirmed by this speech. It isn't surprising that the slogan
Jakeše do koše (
Jakeš to the trash) became one of the rallying cries of the "Velvet Revolution."
Later life
In
2003 Jakeš and two other party notables stood trial for their role in the events of August
1968. Allegedly, it was at that time that Jakeš took part in a failed attempt to establish a pro-Soviet "workers-peasants' government" serving the interests of the occupiers. Facing a possible lengthy prison sentence, Jakeš was nevertheless acquitted of the charge of
treason. He lives in
Prague as an ordinary pensioner and used to be a frequent guest at the present-day Communists' rallies. He wrote a book
Dva roky generálním tajemníkem (
Two years as the General Secretary) where he compared the forty-year-long Communist rule of
Czechoslovakia to the
famous Hussite period in the nation's history.
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