Sobotka: ball in TOP 09’s court

The leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Bohuslav Sobotka, said on Friday that his party will not give an official recommendation on how its Prague branch should proceed following the collapse this week of the coalition at City Hall between TOP 09 and the Civic Democrats. He stressed that the next move was up to TOP 09, adding that his own party needed to act in the interest of its voters, saying that a coalition was not a priority. TOP 09 joined forces with the Social Democrats this week to oust Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda and two Civic Democrat councillors from office; negotiations on a possible coalition between TOP 09 and the Social Democrats have already begun, sources said.

Author: Jan Velinger