PM Nečas congratulates Miloš Zeman on being elected president

Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas on Saturday congratulated Miloš Zeman on his victory in the first direct Czech presidential election. Since the fall of communism, Mr Nečas said, Czech politics had generated three significant figures – Václav Havel, Václav Klaus and Miloš Zeman – and that it was “natural” that Mr Zeman had been elected to succeed the former two. The prime minister also expressed hope that the atmosphere in the society would calm down in the coming days after the divisive campaigning ahead of the presidential vote.