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08/07/2013
Speaking ahead of the confidence vote, President Miloš Zeman said that if MPs didn’t approve the interim cabinet it could remain in place for some time. Mr. Zeman told the lower house that he would not charge a new prime minister with forming a government as long as an investigation centred on a former aide to the previous prime minister was ongoing; the arrest of Jana Nagyová on charges of abetting bribery and abuse of office helped bring down the last government, headed by Petr Necaš. The prosecutor in the case says it could take several weeks for the investigation to be completed. Under the constitution, there is no time limit under which the president would have to task a second prime minister with forming a cabinet.
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08/07/2013
In the wake of Mr. Zeman’s speech, the former coalition’s candidate for prime minister, Miroslava Němcová, said the three-party alliance would have to rethink its position. It had been waiting for a possible chance to form a government, if the president’s second nominee for prime minister failed. However, Mrs. Němcová said on Wednesday that if the situation continued she would not rule out the former coalition parties now helping other parties dissolve Parliament, so bringing about early elections. She also suggested the constitution could be changed to reign in the president’s powers.
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08/07/2013
The hotly-anticipated trial of MP and former governor of Central Bohemia David Rath has begun at Prague’s Regional Court. Mr. Rath, who has been in custody for more than a year, faces charges of bribe-taking and manipulating public tenders. Outside the court, the one-time prominent Social Democrat handed out copies of a written statement saying he was innocent and would fight to the last. Mr. Rath and 10 other defendants, one of whom is a former MP, could face up to 12 years in jail if found guilty of the alleged corruption.
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08/07/2013
A 19-year-old Czech man has admitted to murdering his Czech girlfriend, who was 24, in the western Indian state of Goa on Wednesday. The women’s body, which had neck wounds, was discovered in their room at a beachfront hotel. The man at first claimed that the pair had been kidnapped by two attackers and deliberately injured himself to substantiate the story. However, he later confessed to committing the murder himself.
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08/07/2013
President Miloš Zeman named Pavel Rychetský, Ludvík David and Kateřina Šimáčková to the Constitutional Court in a ceremony at Prague Castle on Wednesday. Justice Rychetský, who was first appointed to the Czech Republic’s highest court in 2003, will continue to serve as its chairman. The other two justices will sit on the court for the first time. With Wednesday’s appointments, the 15-member court is now complete.
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08/07/2013
Drivers on the Czech Republic’s main motorway the D1 can from Wednesday access more accurate information online about closures and waiting times in certain sections and estimated time to their destination, the news website aktuálně.cz reported. The information, which is collated by a new system operated by the country’s roads authority, is available at the website www.dopravniinfo.cz. One of the people behind the system said it has to now often been a “lottery” as to whether motorists on the D1 reached their destination on time.
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08/07/2013
The Czech league title holders Viktoria Plzeň are set to welcome the Estonian side Kalju in the second leg of their Champions League third qualification round tie on Wednesday night. Plzeň go into the game in a strong position after a 4:0 win in Tallinn. There is one more round of qualification for club soccer’s most prestigious competition, though defeat in the fourth qualifying round comes with a place in the second-tier tournament the Europa League.
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08/07/2013
Czech national team coach Michal Bílek has called up uncapped Liberec striker Michael Rabušic ahead of a soccer friendly against Hungary in Budapest next Wednesday. Rabušic, who is 23, has scored three goals in three league games for his club so far this season, and also found the net in a Europa League qualifier. The Czech squad will be without two of its most important players, captain Tomáš Rosický and goalkeeper Petr Čech.
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08/06/2013
The opposition Social Democrats will support the caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok in Wednesday’s vote of confidence. The decision, made by the party’s broad leadership, is seen as a defeat for party leader Bohuslav Sobotka who was against giving the Rusnok cabinet legitimacy and a victory for his main party rival deputy chair Michael Hasek who argued in favour of supporting the caretaker administration in the interest of maintaining stability. The party leadership’s recommendation to deputies is not without conditions; the party will continue to push for early elections and wants to start negotiations on curbing the powers of the president in the event of a political crisis.
The Communist Party and Public Affairs have also pledged to support the Rusnok administration. Even with the votes of all three opposition parties, the administration’s chances of winning Wednesday’s confidence vote remain slim.
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08/06/2013
The centre-right parties, who claim to have a 101 vote majority in the 200 member lower house say they will vote against the Rusnok cabinet as one man. Several independent deputies are likely to support them. TOP 09 chairman Karel Schwarzenberg said after a meeting of the party’s leadership on Tuesday that if the Rusnok cabinet fails to win its confidence vote, the centre-right coalition would present its own cabinet with majority support in the lower house. Mr. Schwarzenberg said he hoped President Zeman would appoint such a government to office.
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