Jan Svejnar collects signatures for presidential nomination

Economist Jan Svejnar, the man who is expected to be president Klaus’ sole rival in the February presidential elections, has collected signatures from ten senators confirming their willingness to officially propose him as a presidential candidate. Professor Jan Svejnar has dual Czech-American citizenship and lives alternately in Michigan and Prague. He has been testing the ground to ascertain how much support he would receive across the political spectrum and has not as yet officially confirmed his candidacy.