New poll says three quarters of Czech citizens think today's politicians aren't more honest than their communist predecessors

A new survey has indicated that almost three quarters of the Czech population don't think that today's political representatives are any more respectable or honest than communist functionaries were before the Velvet Revolution. The survey was conducted by the STEM research agency and it found that 72 percent of respondents didn't think current politicians were any more honest or respectable than their counterparts were in the communist era. A majority of 56 percent, however, were convinced that contemporary politicians had a higher level of expertise and were more capable than their communist predecessors. A large majority of 83 percent didn't think Czech politicians paid enough attention to people's opinions.