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Czech President Vaclav Klaus has appointed Petr Necas, leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party, as the country's new prime minister.
BBC: Petr Necas in Prague, 28 June 2010
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The controversy over Klaus's re-election meant that when Petr Necas, the leader of the centre-right Civic Democrat party (ODS), was attempting to form a government after the 2010 parliamentary elections, several of his prospective coalition partners made their cooperation conditional on the new government making reform of the presidential election system part of its programme.
BBC: Q&A: Czech presidential election
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The centre-right opposition Civic Platform (PO) is strongly in favour of an early election and the centre-left Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) has also stated that it would like an early poll.
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