Christian Democrats recommend their MPs and senators to vote for Klaus

The National Committee of the coalition Christian Democrats recommended to the party’s MPs and senators on Monday to vote for the incumbent Václav Klaus in the presidential election to be held in February 2008. Meanwhile, some Christian Democratic MPs and senators had already expressed support for Jan Švejnar, the other presidential hopeful who was nominated by the opposition Social Democrats and the coalition Greens. The successful candidate will need a majority of 141 votes in the Parliament.