Czech PM steps down over graft scandal Czech PM Petr Necas has resigned over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide. CZECH Prime Minister Petr Necas has resigned over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide that has plunged the recession-hit EU state into a fresh political crisis. Mr President, in line with the constitution ... I resign," Necas on Monday told his rival President Milos Zeman, who called for talks with political parties from Friday to discuss the government's future. Zeman asked the rightwing Necas, who has been in office for just three years at the head of a shaky coalition government, to stay on as caretaker leader until a new administration is named. The crisis was sparked by the indictment on Friday of Necas's chief of staff - and alleged lover - Jana Nagyova on charges of bribery and complicity in the abuse of power. Police accuse her of asking military spies to tail Necas's estranged wife Radka. The 48-year-old premier announced earlier last week that his marriage was over after 25 years. Seven other senior figures including military intelligence heads and former lawmakers have also been charged with corruption and abuse of power. The massive graft scandal erupted on Thursday when police raided the cabinet office, defence ministry, villas and a bank in a dramatic swoop which turned up large stashes of cash and gold. The leftwing Zeman said he would hold talks with party leaders from Friday to Sunday. Under the constitution, the veteran politician and former prime minister has the power to decide on a new government or call snap elections. Necas's minority three-party coalition government has survived eight confidence motions in parliament since taking office in July 2010. His right-wing Civic Democrats party has made it clear it would try to find a new prime minister in the days to come to avoid early elections, which opinion polls show it would lose.