Christian Democrats aim to re-enter lower house

The Christian Democratic party wants to double its tally in the next general election and re-enter the lower house of Parliament, party chair Pavel Bělobrádek said. Speaking at the party’s conference in Jihlava on Saturday, Christian Democrat leaders called for unity and more activity on the regional level. The party also slightly changed its statutes discussed changes to the name of the party; however, the conference decided to keep the name of the Christian-Democrat Union – the Czechoslovak People’s Party. In the 2010 election, the party only won some 4.3 percent of the vote and failed to win seats in the house, for the first time in 90 years.