Opposition deputies call on PM to resign

Opposition deputies in the lower house have called on Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to accept full responsibility for the so-called Wolf scandal and resign. The Wolf scandal set in motion the collapse of the centre-right government when it emerged that the prime minister had instructed one of his aides to try to prevent Czech Public Television from broadcasting an investigative report into the dubious financial activities of Petr Wolf, an independent deputy whose support was vital to the fragile governing coalition. The opposition Social Democrats and the Communists said the prime minister had grossly violated the principles of parliamentary democracy and freedom of the press and that he should accept full responsibility for his actions.