Pravo: Cunek enjoys support of far-right activists

The Pravo daily writes that Christian Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Jiri Cunek enjoys the support of small far-right parties. The paper says they appreciate his performance in top-level politics and support his statements regarding the Czech Roma population. Pravo quotes far-right activist Jan Kopal as saying he supports Mr Cunek for his outspoken manner and uncompromising actions. Jiri Petrivalsky of the ultranationalist National Corporativism association told Pravo that Mr Cunek is not afraid to voice the opinion of the majority population.

Most recently, Mr Cunek made a comment about the Roma in last Friday's edition of the tabloid Blesk. When asked whether other people should receive state subsidies like Romanies, Mr Cunek said they would need to get a suntan, behave in a disorderly way and light fires on town squares before politicians would regard them as badly off.