Paroubek blames predecessor for Social Democrats' alleged debt to lawyer

The leader of the Social Democrats, Jiri Paroubek, has blamed former party head Milos Zeman for the current dispute between the Social Democrats and Prague lawyer Zdenek Altner over the party's allegedly huge debt, Monday's Pravo writes. Jiri Paroubek told Pravo that it was Milos Zeman who signed the contract with Mr Altner in 1997 and he was also party chairman until 2001.