Bém in favour of minority Civic Democrat government

The news websites aktuálně and idnes have reported that Pavel Bém is in favour of a minority Civic Democratic government, backed by the opposition Social Democrats, if he is elected the head of the Civic Democratic Party. In an article to be published on Saturday, Mr Bém reportedly makes clear he no longer has confidence that the current government is capable of achieving set goals - given the coalition lacks a majority in the lower house. The government led by Mirek Topolánek is made up of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats, and the Greens. Mr Bém will challenge Mr Topolánek for the post of party leader in roughly one week’s time.