Bursik commends PM for speaking out against president

Leader of the Green Party Martin Bursík also said that he believed President Václav Klaus was instrumental in the fall of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek’s government. The Green Party was the smallest party in the government coalition which formally handed in its resignation on Thursday. Environment Minister Martin Bursík commended Mirek Topolánek for speaking out against the Czech president, saying that only now were members of the Civic Democrats starting to realize that Mr Klaus, the party’s founder, had betrayed them. Mr Bursík reacted angrily to suggestions that he would be looking to negotiate the formation of a new government with the Czech president.