Public Affairs issues ultimatum

Public Affairs, one of the parties in talks on forming a new government, has threatened to walk out if it does not get the interior ministry portfolio. The party’s deputy Krystýna Kočí said on Sunday that being in charge of the interior ministry was one of the party’s absolute priorities in view of the fact that the fight against corruption was the mainstay of its policy programme. Public Affairs negotiator Vít Bárta confirmed the stand noting that so far there was only a 20 percent probability of his party entering the emerging coalition government.