Bursik said he wanted to discuss the case with Prime Minister and ODS leader Mirek Topolanek who will attend the forthcoming national congress of the Greens."It is impossible for Topolanek to come and speak as if nothing happened.
I think we will receive the first information from him and then we will decide on further steps," Bursik said.He said that Morava had spoken about the case in which he, according to the media, tried to collect material to blackmail Zubova, as about his private initiative."Let us believe it was so as he said. We will see how the affair Kuchtova to submit her party rules at Czech Greens' congress ...
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Jacques resigns as head Czech Greens' deputies ... will develop. Maybe it will lead to some cleansing of politics," Bursik said.Zubova would like to provoke talks inside the coalition, consisting of the ODS, the Greens and the Christian Democrats, about the case.Bursik said it was not a good thing that the affair had appeared in the public on the day when the Greens' congress was beginning.Amid a tense atmosphere, it will decide on whether Bursik will keep his post or whether he will be replaced by his opponent Dana Kuchtova.Morava has denied wanting to blackmail anyone. "The truth is that I wanted to uncover the people who do this. This is why I established contact with the media," Morava said."At the moment the people refused to maintain the contact with the media I was ready to serve as a mediator," he added."This is the truth and I am ready to defend it in any away, provide the information on my phone calls and bank accounts," Morava told Czech Television.ODS officials say they have been unable to contact Morava.Morava had shadowed and photographed Zubova's daughter in a fashion that was to create the impression that someone had the child under his control. Morava wants Zubova not to make any problems in the votes along with the government coalition, the paper Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today.Morava also distributed compromising photos of Vlastimil Tlusty, a rebel among ODS deputies, it adds.MfD writes today that Morava's strange practices were recorded by a hidden camera by Janek Kroupa, a reporter for the Nova commercial television station, along with MfD."My work was focused on the Greens. I am now in charge of Zubova," Morava told the MfD reporter, ignoring that the conversation was recorded by a hidden camera.Zubova drew attention to her during the presidential elections earlier this year.Citing health reasons, she excused herself from it at the last moment. Her absence prompted disputes among the Greens, a junior government coalition party. It contributed to the election of President Vaclav Klaus, candidate of the ODS.Bursik criticised her for not having let him know beforehand.Zubova said her health condition rapidly worsened on the election day.Along with deputy Vera Jakubkova, Zubova is one of the opponents of the current leadership of the Greens.Tlusty and a handful of other ODS deputies say Topolanek does not fulfil the election programme of the party.
(Ceske Noviny)
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