Prague - As expected, the Czech government won today's no-confidence vote.
It received 105 votes, and needed at least 100 votes to survive (the chamber of deputies has 200 seats). Ninety-three deputies voted against the government.
The Czech government was thus luckier than the ruling coalition in Rumania, which lost its own no-confidence vote a few hours earlier. Also, the government of the Netherlands fell earlier this week.
The motion of no confidence was initiated after Public Affairs, a junior member of the three-party government, suffered an internal split-up.
The remaining two major government parties, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and TOP 09, eventually formed a coalition with a group of former Public Affairs deputies, led by Deputy PM Karaolína Peake.
Peake is considering forming a new political party.
Czech government in crisis after junior party split up
Before the vote, PM Petr Nečas said that in case of a negative vote, early elections would be hold as soon as possible
Deadline: Czech govt has 6 days to avoid snap elections
The coalition government of the ODS, TOP 09, and Public Affairs formed in 2010 enjoyed a comfortable majority of 118 out of 200 seats in the lower chamber. However, junior member Public Affairs quickly become a very unpredictable source of continuous internal tensions and conflicts.
