Social Democrats publish booklet assessing first 100 days of coalition government

The opposition Social Democrats have published a booklet in which they call the current government scandalous, full of errors, vulgar, and obscure. The assessment of the first one hundred days of the ruling coalition of the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats and the Greens was presented to the public on Monday. As examples, it names several controversial remarks and gestures made by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and points to the current allegations of corruption against Regional Development Minister Jiri Cunek. The Social Democrats also criticise plans to privatise hospitals and shares in the energy giant CEZ and assess whether all pre-election promises to the general public have been kept.

Speaking to journalists on Monday, Social Democrat leader Jiri Paroubek said he challenges Prime Minister Topolanek to a televised debate on the government's reform plan.