Christian Democrat head apologizes, criticizes disunity

Chairman of the Christian Democrats Jiří Čunek delivered a speech at the congress, in which he apologised for mistakes that accompanied the case of his alleged corruption. Mr Čunek was forced to resign from his government posts late last year following a series of bribery allegations; he reassumed his posts in April. He said he was sorry that his party colleagues had to deal with “brutal campaign” that was lead against him. At the same he sharply criticised the situation in the party, which he said was disunited and was losing the voters trust, adding that his case wasn’t the main cause of the party’s disintegration.