Czech President Klaus swears Jiří Čunek back into government.

After a 138 day absence from working as a minister of the Czech coalition government, controversial Christian Democrat leader Jiří Čunek returned today to the post of deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development. The process was formalized when the minister signed an official oath in front of the Czech president at Prague Castle. Mr Čunek was forced to resign from the cabinet after irregularities were discovered in his finances. Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg had threatened to resign if Mr Čunek was reappointed, but has since backed down from his threat; instead opting to wait for a private company of his own choosing to conduct an independent audit of the deputy PM. Mr Schwarzenberg has also stated that he will personally pay for the audit.