Opposition Social Democrats against changes in parliamentary committees

The leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Jiri Paroubek disagrees with the planned changes in the leadership of the key parliamentary committees. Mr Paroubek said in a TV debate that the committees are the only instrument for the opposition to control the government's activities. The Civic Democrats would like to occupy the posts of chairmen of financial, health and controlling committees that are now dominated by the opposition, Lidove Noviny reported on Saturday. They would also like to change the number of deputies in the committees, which now have an equal representation of the opposition and coalition members.