Most Czechs against Constitutional Court’s decision to put off elections

Some 58 percent of Czechs do not agree with the decision of the Constitutional Court to postpone the early general elections, according to a new survey by the STEM agency. Meanwhile, only 20 percent of Czechs did not notice at all that the elections, planned for October 9 and 10, were postponed.

The Czech Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday to postpone early elections on the grounds of a complaint from unaffiliated deputy Miloš Melčák. He claims the constitutional amendment by which the Chamber of Deputies shortened its term had violated his right to execute his mandate for four years.