My success in presidential poll no guarantee of success in general election, Zeman tells party

Mr. Zeman told a conference of his Citizens’ Rights Party-Zemanites on Saturday that his success in the Czech Republic’s first direct presidential election did not automatically mean that the party would be successful in next year’s parliamentary vote. He said the main tasks facing the party were to prepare a high-quality manifesto and to find good candidates. In the last general election, the Citizens’ Rights Party-Zemanites received 4.3 percent of the vote, falling short of the 5 percent threshold required to enter the lower house.