Two-thirds of Czechs think Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek should resign, says poll

Two thirds of Czechs think that Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Christian Democrats Jiri Cunek should resign, according to a new opinion poll released on Saturday. The poll conducted by the Factum Invenio agency showed that 31.7% of respondents felt that Mr Cunek should definitely resign and 33.3% felt he should probably resign. Only 5.2% of respondents definitely thought that Mr Cunek should remain in his post. Mr Cunek is suspected by police of receiving a 500,000-crown bribe from a real-estate company when he was the mayor of the Moravian town of Vsetin five years ago. Mr Cunek says he intends to fight the charges and has no intention of resigning.