President-elect discusses pension cuts with labour minister

President-elect Petr Pavel discussed the pension reform and the government-proposed cuts in the valorization of pensions with Labour and Social Affairs Marian Jurečka on Wednesday. The move has sparked strong criticism from the opposition benches and the president-elect, who is due to take office on March 9, said he wanted to know if the move is inevitable in view of the present state of public finances. If the bill passes through both chambers of Parliament he would be expected to sign it into law.