Social Democrats leader suggests rival party’s new election leader may be prone to manipulation from key party figures

In related news, the leader of the Social Democrats, Jiří Paroubek, said on Friday that the Civic Democrats new election leader Petr Nečas needed to distance himself from Mírek Topolánek as well as the party’s campaign manager, Ivan Langr. He added that Mr. Nečas should apologize for the failure of Mr. Topolánek’s government and remove Mr. Langr, who has been suspected of having ties to organized crime, from his position as campaign manager. If he fails to do so, he will prove to be a puppet of the Civic Democrats’ leading politicians, he added.

Mr. Paroubek on Friday suggested that the two strongest parties on the Czech political scene should agree to conduct a decent election campaign. Mr. Nečas refused the offer saying it could not be taken seriously since the Social Democrats themselves do not abide by such conduct.

Author: Sarah Borufka