PM under fire over amnesty

Prime Minister Petr Nečas, who counter-signed the amnesty has also come under fire over the decision. Under Czech law the government is ultimately responsible for the amnesty and the Civic Democratic Party’s coalition partners say they were not informed about the decision. Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek of TOP 09 has refused to take responsibility for the controversial amnesty and the head of LIDEM Karolina Peake has said she expects an explanation at the government’s next session.