Cunek keen to return to cabinet but willing to wait

Christian Democrats chairman Jiri Cunek says he has the right to be reinstated as a member of cabinet, though he says he is willing to wait some time before returning. Speaking on a TV debate programme, Mr Cunek said he believed agreement would be reached on the matter with the other parties in the governing coalition, the Civic Democrats and the Greens. The latter have threatened to quit if he returns to the posts of deputy prime minister and minister for regional development. Jiri Cunek resigned when an investigation into whether he had accepted bribes was reopened; that investigation has now been dropped.