"I have shelved the case.
There is no suspicion of a crime committed," Rybenska from the Prague 7 District State Attorney's Office said. In an interview for the Czech daily Hospodarske noviny at the beginning of January, Topolanek said that "Czechs usually see everything negative and when it comes to the crunch, they fill their pants." The nationalists said Topolanek's statement might constitute the crime of defamation of a nation, race and belief, and slander. The extra-parliamentary National Party pointed out Patria offers Czechs to supply first 30 APCs within four months ...
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Czech president to appoint Liska education minister on Tuesday ... that Topolanek's statement was a sign of low political culture in the Czech Republic that has been introduced by parties in parliament, but that it was also a crime. The complaint was filed on behalf of the party by Michal Kubik, member of the National Party leadership and commander of the National Guard, a paramilitary organisation the NS recently established. Topolanek made his statement in reaction to the question of whether he believed that most Czechs shared his view that they live in a period of relative wealth and prosperity. Topolanek said that someone had to tell this to the people because Czechs tend to see everything in a negative light.
(Ceske Noviny)
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