MP says he will back government

Christian Democrat MP Ludvik Hovorka, the only government deputy to vote against the government's public finance reforms this week, has dismissed speculation he might in the future behave like an opposition deputy. In a statement released on Friday Mr Hovorka stated he would back the current centre-right coalition government and support the Christian Democrats' programme. Earlier this week the MP voted against reforms changing the country's tax, social and health care systems, aimed at stemming the deepening public finance deficit. The government managed to push the legislation through by the slimmest of margins but required support from Milos Melcak and Michal Pohanka, two unaffiliated deputies formerly of the Social Democrats.