Former interior minister criticizes Klaus for ‘memory loss’

Former Interior Minister Ivan Langer has criticized Czech President Václav Klaus for having a ‘lack of memory’ and speaking out against those who twice elected him head of state. Speaking on Czech Television on Sunday, Mr Langer said he did not know whether it was age, memory loss, or a Freudian complex which had lead the Czech president to turn his back on those who had twice supported his bid for president. Last week, Václav Klaus said he had been ‘disappointed’ by the government of Mirek Topolánek, of which Mr Langer was a part. Last year, Mr Klaus left the Civic Democratic Party, which Mr Topolánek leads, over a disagreement about the EU’s reform Lisbon Treaty.