Czech rightist seen accepting PM nomination-report

PRAGUE, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Czech rightist leader Mirek Topolanek has been given the green light by the leadership of his Civic Democrat party to accept the nomination to again become prime minister, a local daily reported on Tuesday.

The Internet edition of the daily Mlada fronta Dnes quoted Civic Democrat Vice-Chairwoman Miroslava Nemcova as saying the party's leadership had recommended that Topolanek agree to become the prime minister and try to form a new government.

The party called a news conference for 10:30 a.m. (0930 GMT), following a meeting of its broader national leadership council, which must also approve the move.

President Vaclav Klaus named Topolanek as prime minister after an inconclusive June election. But with the lower house split evenly between leftist and rightist parties, the government failed to win a confidence vote in October.

On Monday Klaus said he would again nominate Topolanek after the leftist Social Democrats rejected a proposal for a broad coalition of four parties in parliament -- Klaus excluded the far left Communists -- that would govern for a limited time before early elections.

Topolanek, buoyed by the dominance of his Civic Democrats in last month's Senate and municipal votes, wants an interim government to rule until fresh elections can be held early next year.

The Social Democrats, led by former Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek, are adamant that they be given a chance to form a government after the rightists failed.

Paroubek, whose party finished second behind the Civic Democrats in the June election, has said he is confident he can win a majority of the vote in the lower house, though he has not said how he would do so. ((Reporting by Marek Petrus; Editing by Stephen Weeks; Reuters Messaging: rm://marek.petrus.reuters.com@reuters.net; e-mail: prague.newsroom@reuters.com or marek.petrus@reuters.com; Tel: +420 224 190 477))

Keywords: CZECH POLITICS