The Social Democrats have asked the Cabinet to postpone a vote on its resignation until its meeting next week as the party should decide during the weekend whether to dismiss the PM, Stanislav Gross, or whether to proceed with a minority Cabinet supported by the Communists. Note that US-DEU said it would also leave the Cabinet if the Cabinet does not resign as a whole. At the same time, other two ministers already resigned. The total number of resignations now totals 5. At the same time, the PM plans to ask Parliament for a vote of confidence but only after new ministers are appointed. However, the president has still not accepted the five resignations. The leading Social Democrats would have to rely on the support of the Communist party in the vote of confidence and so the party plans to link the voting to a widely supported law to ensure its survival.