New verdict on Dalik corruption scandal

Meanwhile, in what is perceived as a fresh blow to the ruling Civic Democratic Party the High Court in Olomouc has overturned a 2007 ruling which cleared two men close to the Civic Democratic Party leadership of alleged corruption. In 2004 Zdeněk Kořistka, a deputy for the Freedom Union said that Mr. Topolánek’s assistant Marek Dalík and lobbyist Jan Večerek had attempted to bribe him to bring down the ruling Social Democrat government. Mr. Kořistka lost his case for lack of evidence and was forced to apologize to the two men and pay a fine of 30,000 crowns. He appealed to the High Court in Olomouc which on Wednesday overturned the ruling, saying it had been presented with sufficient evidence of attempted blackmail.