Civic Democrats will back Vaclav Klaus in next year's presidential elections

Deputies and senators for the ruling Civic Democratic Party will propose President Vaclav Klaus as their candidate in the 2008 presidential elections. Mr. Klaus' five year term in office expires next year and he has consistently topped the popularity ladder as the country's most trustworthy politician. However his re-election is far from certain since the votes of the Civic Democratic Party alone would not suffice. The chairman of the Civic Democrats' deputies group in Parliament Petr Tluchor told the CTK news agency on Wednesday that the Civic Democrats would enter into talks with their coalition partners in order to try and drum up enough support for their candidate's re-election. While the Greens have made it clear that they will not support Vaclav Klaus' re-election the Christian Democrats have not taken a clear stand on the matter. No other candidate has yet been named.