PM slams Tlustý over case

Civic Democrat Vlastimil Tlustý has also come under fire from the Civic Democrats for actively cooperating with investigative journalists in the case: together with a female model he agreed to stage photographs to create fake compromising material, then used as bait by journalists trying to uncover questionable practices in political circles. It was Jan Morava who allegedly accepted the material as “real”. On Friday, Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek railed against Vlastimil Tlustý, accusing him of initiating the entire scandal.

In the case, he said that MP Jan Morava was “more a victim than a perpetrator”. But he also expressed disgust that anyone would target a politician’s family. In light of the developments, the Civic Democrats have apologised not only to Green Party MP Olga Zubová but also to Czech citizens.

Author: Jan Velinger