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17/06/2013 - 10:13am
The Prime Minister of Czech Republic Petr Necas was forced to resign after fraud and spying scandal.
Necas quit days after prosecutors charged the head of his office, Jana Nagyova, with bribing MPs and ordering agents of the national intelligence authority to spy on people. The Czech PM held a meeting of his Civic Democrat party late on Sunday. After the end of the meeting, the former Prime Minister of Czech republic told reporters, “i will step down as prime minister tomorrow. I am aware of my political responsibility.”
Nagyova, denied only part of the spying allegations, saying she acted in good faith. According to the lawyers involved in the spying scandal, one of the surveillance targets was the prime minister’s own wife, whom Necas is divorcing. The Prime Minister of Czech Republic stressed that he wasn’t aware of the surveillance governmental instructions.
Necas announced that his Civic Democrat party would try to form a new government led by a different politician, to rule until a scheduled election in 2014. However, according to Guardian, it was unclear if his coalition partners or the president of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, would back the governmental proposition.
The President of the Czech Republic, has significant executive powers but he is elected by the Members of the Parliament and the senators. Zeman, will have an important say in who takes over, after Necas resignation. Zeman is allowed of performing three attempts to establish a new government.
If after the three tries there is no viable government, or the parliament agrees to dissolve itself, an early election in Czech Republic will be held.
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