PM says he considers Čunek case closed

Prime Minister Topolánek has said further investigation into Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek’s personal finances is meaningless. The prime minister was referring to the incomplete audit performed by the US investigation agency Kroll at the request of Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg. The audit was meant to exonerate Mr. Čunek but although it ruled out that he had taken a bribe it could not rule out other financial irregularities in his personal finances. While Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg wants to continue with the investigation the prime minister argued that drawing-out the painful Čunek saga and covering the same ground repeatedly was meaningless.