Nečas to be named prime minister

President Václav Klaus has said he will name Civic Democrat leader Petr Nečas the country’s next prime minister on Monday. The president on Friday accepted the formal resignation of Jan Fischer’s caretaker cabinet, asking the outgoing government to remain in office until a new administration was in place. Speaking on commercial TV PRIMA on Sunday, Mr. Klaus said the new prime minister would have some time to put together a new centre-right cabinet before the start of a 30-day deadline by which the new government is bound to seek a confidence vote in Parliament. Civic Democrat leader Petr Nečas is in negotiations with two new parties TOP09 and Public Affairs on forming a centre right government. They are expecting to conclude negotiations by mid-July.