Novotny has claimed that an unnamed senator for the senior ruling Civic Democrats (ODS) offered him two million crowns if he voted for Vaclav Klaus, current president and ODS honorary chairman. Novotny voted for Klaus's rival, liberal economist Jan Svejnar, nominated by the Czech president moves from hospital to rehabilitation centre ...
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Klaus eventually won the election, though with a very narrow margin. It has not been proved that any crime was committed, Skrepek said. Novotny said previously that he could not prove what he said because he had got the offer in an eye-on-eye conversation before the second round of the first presidential election on February 8. Novotny said he would not protest against the police decision. "I have the impression that the police were forced not to delve into the affair so that the bribe-taking were not proved," Novotny said in a statement. The police have also shelved the criminal complaint lodged against Novotny by Jiri Stritesky, head of the ODS senators' group, for infringement upon other people's rights. ($1 = 15.311 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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