Chamber of deputies discusses Czech foreign missions

The Chamber of Deputies started debating the Czech Republic’s foreign missions for 2009 on Wednesday. In December, deputies threw out an earlier draft of the bill, which was subsequently reworked. If this draft is not approved then Czech forces could find themselves in an unprecedented situation, all having to return home. The main point of contention in the bill is a plan to raise the number of Czech servicemen in Afghanistan. The opposition Social Democrats were, in the past, opposed to this idea.