Social Democrats want to expel rebel deputy

The Social Democratic Party is taking steps to expel rebel deputy Milos Melcak from party ranks. Mr. Melcak is one of the two deputies who helped the centre-right government win a confidence vote in the lower house a week ago. The other deputy, Michal Pohanka has already left the ranks of the Social Democratic Party. Mr. Melcak refuses to do so, insisting that he is a Social Democrat at heart and only supported the centre-right government in order to end the country's drawn out political crisis. Mr. Melcak has strongly rejected suggestions that he accepted a bribe in return for supporting the new cabinet.