President Klaus receives transport minister’s resignation

President Václav Klaus on Thursday formally received the resignation of Transport Minister Pavel Dobeš, of the LIDEM party, who had earlier announced he would step down on Monday. Mr Dobeš joined the cabinet in July 2011 but found himself under pressure to step down from within his own party over problems of a new system of central vehicle registry. The coalition parties are yet to reach agreement on the new transport minister.

Author: Jan Richter