New transport minister drives with illegal licence plate

The daily Lidové noviny writes that the new Minister of Transportation and second man in the Public Affairs party Vít Bárta drives with an illegal licence plate on his personal automobile. According to the paper, Mr Bárta’s Maserati sports car has a sticker with the registration number on its trunk rather than an officially issued licence place. The issue was addressed by the transport ministry spokesman on Tuesday, who said that his new boss was clearly in violation of the law. The minister himself has not commented on the matter. For driving without a valid licence plate he could be fined 10,000 crowns and have his driver’s licence revoked for up to a year.