Zaorálek accuses Nečas of intimidating police

Meanwhile, deputy Social Democrat chairman Lubomír Zaorálek also accused Prime Minister Nečas of intimidating the police and state attorneys through his comments on the case of Vlasta Parkanova. Mr Nečas said Thursday that a gang of police colonels could not decide on who would or would not be in the government by asking to release people for prosecution. The government party’s vetoed a motion by Mr Zaorálek to bring the comment to the house floor. Alluding to imprisoned opposition MP David Rath, he said he did not want to believe that giving up an opposition member means fighting corruption, while being asked for a government politician means a gang of colonels must be behind it.

Lidové noviny: Omnipol made five billion on CASA deal

The daily Lidové noviny believes the subject that gained from the overpriced purchase of the CASA transport planes was the armaments company Omnipol. The paper writes that Omnipol, whose founder Richard Háva is reportedly a personal friend of Finance Minister Kalousek, brought in more than five billion crowns in 2010. The year prior to the company’s intermediation of the deal, it had netted less than one billion. According to Lidové noviny, the Czech Republic paid twice what Portugal paid for the same planes – some 875 million crowns per plane compared to 418 paid by Portugal.