Local development ministry to be temporarily headed by Cyril Svoboda

The Christian Democratic Party has decided to appoint the head of the Government Legislative Council Cyril Svoboda as a temporary head of the Local Development Ministry. Mr Svoboda would remain in the post, until the party finds a successor to Jiri Cunek, who resigned last week. The Christian Democrats have a number of candidates for the post, including first deputy local development minister Jiri Vackar.