The former prime minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Necas, was sentenced Tuesday to a suspended sentence of two and a half years in prison for a corruption case that in 2013 caused the fall of his government.
According to the news to Rádio Praga on the Internet page, the conservative must also pay a fine of one thousand crowns (42 thousand euros) for offering three deputies from his party, or ODS, high positions in public companies in exchange for two votes for one bill.
In the same case, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Roman Bocek and the wife of the former prime minister, who at the time was his chief of staff, were sentenced to two years in prison with a suspended sentence and fines of 12,600 euros each.
The sentences are not yet final and, according to Rádio Praga, the defendants deny the accusations, which the judge in the case considered proven.
Petr Necas submitted his resignation from the Czech government in June 2013, after a corruption scandal in which the then chief of staff, whom he would later marry, was also implicated.
Petr Necas also left, at that time, the leadership of the right-wing ODS party.
The resignation led to early elections and the inauguration of a new coalition government, in 2014, led by the Social Democrats.
Source: TSF
