Social Democrats interested in post of lower house chairman

The deputy leader of the Social Democrats, Bohuslav Sobotka, has said that his party will seek to occupy the position of chairman of the lower house. Mr. Sobotka says that the Social Democrats are not considering this as part of any post-election negotiations, but rather that a member of the Social Democrats should naturally occupy the post because the party won the second largest number of seats in the recent elections. Mr. Sobotka denies that his party would exchange this post for the support of the incoming government coalition.