Necas warns excessive criticism could topple government

Deputy prime minister Petr Necas has warned against excessive criticism of the governments reform package saying that unrealistic demands could topple the centre right government. Mr. Necas was referring mainly to critics within his own Civic Democratic Party who have lined up behind rebel Vlastimil Tlusty in demand of a more right-wing reform programme and members of the governing Christian Democratic Party who are pulling more to the left. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has linked the Cabinet's future to the crucial reform package.