PM calls on Senate to help speed up process of calling early elections

Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has called on the Senate to approve possible proposals by the lower house which would speed up the process of calling an early election. Himself a former Senator, Mr Topolanek called on his former colleagues on Thursday to facilitate a solution to the current political situation which would lead to early elections. The prime minister approached the upper house two days after his minority right-of-centre government failed to get confirmation from the lower house.