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| Czech PM Petr Necas to resign over aide scandal | Czech PM Petr Necas to resign over aide scandal |
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| Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has announced that he will resign on Monday after days of political turmoil. | Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas has announced that he will resign on Monday after days of political turmoil. |
| His ruling coalition will try to form a new government led by someone nominated by his Civic Democratic Party. | His ruling coalition will try to form a new government led by someone nominated by his Civic Democratic Party. |
| Pressure had been growing on Mr Necas to quit since prosecutors on Friday charged his closest aide, Jana Nagyova, with corruption and abuse of power. | |
| Two former MPs, an ex-minister and the current and former heads of military intelligence have also been detained. | Two former MPs, an ex-minister and the current and former heads of military intelligence have also been detained. |
| President Milos Zeman has said the charges, brought after armed police raids on government and private offices on Wednesday, are "serious". | President Milos Zeman has said the charges, brought after armed police raids on government and private offices on Wednesday, are "serious". |
| 'Nothing dishonest' | |
| Detectives have said Ms Nagyova was suspected of bribing the former MPs with offers of posts in state-owned firms. It is alleged this was in exchange for them giving up their parliamentary seats. | Detectives have said Ms Nagyova was suspected of bribing the former MPs with offers of posts in state-owned firms. It is alleged this was in exchange for them giving up their parliamentary seats. |
| Ms Nagyova - a close colleague of Mr Necas for nearly a decade - is also suspected of illegally ordering military intelligence to spy on three people. | Ms Nagyova - a close colleague of Mr Necas for nearly a decade - is also suspected of illegally ordering military intelligence to spy on three people. |
| Czech media reported that the targets included Mr Necas's wife, Radka Necasova. Mr Necas announced this week that they were divorcing. | |
| Mr Necas has rejected all the accusations against Ms Nagyova and the other five accused, saying: "I am personally convinced that I did not do anything dishonest and that my colleagues have not done anything dishonest either." | |
| However, he told a televised briefing in Prague when announcing his resignation on Sunday evening: "I am aware of my political responsibility." | |
| The opposition Social Democrats had warned it would press for a confidence motion in parliament unless Mr Necas stepped down, and the other parties in his centre-right coalition had signalled that they could no longer support him. | |
| The prime minister said his party would try to form a new government, led by a different person, to rule until elections scheduled for next year. He is expected to stay on as caretaker until the new administration is installed. |