TOP 09 group not to support Rusnok cabinet

In related news, the centre-right former coalition party TOP 09 will not support the interim government of Jiří Rusnok in next week’s vote of confidence, the group’s vice-chairman Miroslav Kalousek said in a statement on Friday. Mr Kalousek said the way the government was appointed destabilised and threatened the country’s political system. President Zeman appointed the government following the fall of the Nečas cabinet. However, the president did so without consulting parties in the lower house, and despite the former coalition’s assurances they still had a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Other parties, including the Social Democrats and the Communists, said they would announce their decision on whether they will support the government next week.

Author: Jan Richter