Čunek’s remedy for the crisis: Lowering the price of electricity
KDU-ČSL Chairman Jiří Čunek today announced that he won’t be submitting names for cabinet positions to Prime Minister Jan Fischer. He also proposed a means of dealing with the current economic crisis by cutting electricity prices. Details of the measures will be discussed with Jan Fischer on Tuesday. Current government legislation however doesn’t give any provision for influencing the price of energy.
With regards to the assembly of a new cabinet, Čunek underlined that the People’s Party (KDU-ČSL) won’t be nominating any of its members. Chairman of the Social Democrats Jiří Paroubek said on Thursday however that the ODS Chairman Mirek Topolánek had come to Fischer with names for ministerial positions from the People’s Party.
It appears that KDU-ČSL is somewhat divided in opinion. Contrary to the official party position, Minister of Finance Miroslav Kalousek, together with a few other parliamentary deputies support a new administrative cabinet. “Our position is clear,” declared Čunek. “We will not be nominating anyone.”
Čunek: I don't understand the President
Chairman of the People’s party Jiří Čunek had ruled out the possibility that his party could participate in any government that included the communists. He also shakes his head at the conditions which the President dictated for the forming of a new government. They are in his opinion unattainable.
