Communist Party to back Jan Švejnar in first round of presidential election

The Communist Party will most probably back the Czech born, US-based economist Jan Švejnar in the first round of presidential election on February 8. According to the deputy chairman Jiří Dolejš, the Communist Party is not left with any other alternative but to support Mr Švejnar, if it doesn’t want to allow only one candidate to advance to the second round. The party hasn’t made any recommendations concerning the second and third rounds.