Prime Minister: Jiri Cunek will be dismissed only if charged

Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has rejected speculation that he would dismiss his deputy Jiri Cunek by the end of the week. Following Saturday's Civic Democrat executive council meeting, Mr Topolanek reiterated that Mr Cunek will only be removed from his post in government if he is charged and fails to resign himself. The Christian Democrat leader is accused of taking a bribe of half a million crowns while he was mayor of the Moravian town of Vsetin a few years ago.