Stock Photo - *** FILE PHOTO FROM OCTOBER 25TH, 2016*** Jindrich Forejt, right, head of the Czech Presidential Office Protocol Department, has resigned for personal and health reasons and he will leave the post at the end of the year, President Milos Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek, left, told CTK today, on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Ovcacek said that Forejt's request to end his work contract had been given a consent. Forejt is one of closest aides to Zeman who has repeatedly stood up on his behalf. ""Jindrich Forejt gave up the post of head of the Czech Presidential Office Protocol Department today, on December 6, 2016, for personal and health reasons,"" Ovcacek said. ""He asked for the termination of his work contract by agreement, which is to take effect on December 31,"" Ovcacek added. Speculations about Forejt's forthcoming downfall started surfacing on Friday evening. Ovcacek first declined to comment on the information, arguing that the news was only based on anonymous sources. According to the media, Forejt's office was sealed. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)