Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas faces a criminal complaint filed by lawyer Václav Láska who claims that the PM bribed three Civic Democrat’s deputies with lucrative posts in state-owned businesses. Láska also filed a complaint against the three former ODS deputies, Marek Šnajdr, Petr Tluchoř and Ivan Fuksa, on suspicion they accepted government bribes.
“Anybody can file a criminal complaint against anybody. Nevertheless, I consider this matter fully absurd,” Nečas wrote in a statement released to ČTK.
Šnajdr, Tluchoř and Fuksa had been outspoken opponents of the government’s tax package earlier this fall. However, the three deputies abruptly reversed their stance shortly before the final vote, allowing the unpopular package to pass. Šnajdr got seat on the supervisory board in Čepro a month later, while Fuksa became managing director of Czech Aeroholding in January. Under Czech law, a public official can be sentenced to six years in prison for offering a bribe, and if they accept a bride, they could face a 12-year sentence.
Láska claims Karel Schwarzenberg, the leader of the junior coalition party Top 09, confirmed that Nečas promised the posts to the deputies in exchange for their support in the tax package vote.
