Former minister Dobeš founds new political movement

Former Education Minister Josef Dobeš has founded the New Movement for Sport. The Public Affairs Party member has said that the New Movement will be engaged politically and has aspirations to run in parliamentary elections in 2014. The group’s main goals are to push for a new law on the financing of sports, and in general strengthen the sporting community in the country. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr Dobeš said that a number of famous Czech sporting personalities support the movement, and that they also have popular support in a number of regions.

Author: Masha Volynsky