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10/28/2013
Leaders of the ANO and the Christian Democrat parties said on Monday they would postpone talks about forming a coalition government with the Social Democrats until the crisis in that party is resolved. A coalition of Social Democrats, ANO and Christian Democrats has emerged as the most likely outcome of the weekend’s general elections. Christian Democrat chairman Pavel Bělobrádek said he would meet with leaders of both fractions within the Social Democrat party, Bohuslav Sobotka and Michal Hašek, to discuss the situation while ANO leader, Andrej Babiš, said his party was monitoring the situation, and would discuss a course of action at their MPs’ meeting on Wednesday.
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10/28/2013
Monday, October 28, marks the 95th anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia, with commemorative events held across the country. In Prague, the main event takes place at the Vítkov national memorial, with attendance by top Czech officials including President Miloš Zeman. On Monday evening, President Zeman is set hand out state decorating at a ceremony at Prague Castle. This year, the event has been marked by several controversies; over 20 Czech university rectors have refused to attend in solidarity with two of their colleagues who had not been invited over disputes with the president.
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10/28/2013
In related news, the rock singer and songwriter Vladimír Mišík has rejected a state decoration over his growing discontent with recent decisions by President Miloš Zeman.. In a press release, the 66-year-old artist said he informed the president’s office of his decision. Vladimír Mišík, whose rose to popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1960s and has put out 13 albums, is one of the most respected Czech rock musicians.
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10/28/2013
Former Soviet-era Russian dissident Natalya Gorbanyevska on Monday paid homage to the late Czech president Václav Havel when she laid flowers on his grave. Ms Gorbanyevska said Václav Havel was still very popular in Russia, as someone who never betrayed his moral principles. The former Soviet dissident, who lives in France, is on a visit to the Czech Republic where she received a decoration from Prague’s Charles University and is set to meet with President Zeman on Tuesday.
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10/28/2013
The 18th annual German-language theatre festival begins in Prague on Monday. The festival brings ten plays and projects by German, Austrian and Swiss ensembles to the Czech capital; the festival kick offs with the performance entitled Oedipus – The City, by the Deutches Theater Berlin, at the Vinohrady theatre on Monday evening. The event continues until November 10.
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10/28/2013
Defending Czech football champions Viktoria Plzeň lost to Teplice 1:0 away in the 12th round of the domestic top division on Saturday, suffering their first defeat of the season. Plzeň fell to third place, trailing leaders Sparta Prague by six points. Sparta faces Liberec in the final game of the round on Monday evening, and could further increase their advantage.
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10/27/2013
The broader party leadership of the Social Democratic Party has called on leader Bohuslav Sobotka to resign. Twenty members of the party’s praesidium on Sunday voted in favour of the motion, 13 were against. The party leadership also called for Mr Sobotka to be sidelined from the four-member team designated to negotiate on the new government. The team is to be led by deputy leader Michal Hašek; others members are Lubomír Zaorálek, Milan Chovanec and Jeroným Tejc. Some Social Democrats expressed shock over the developments; Euro MP Richard Falbr called the move an “assassination”.
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10/27/2013
In a press briefing on Sunday, Bohuslav Sobotka responded by saying he would not step down, and would pursue the post of prime minister in the next government. He challenged his critics by saying he would not let the Social Democratic Party lose its independence and come under the influence of Citizens’ Rights – Zemanites, the party close to President Miloš Zeman which posted a dismal result in Saturday’s election.
Two factions within the Social Democratic Party have been fighting for control for some time, one of them leaning strongly towards the head-of-state. Miloš Zeman, sources reported, met in secret with deputy leader Michal Hašek and others following the election on Saturday.
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10/27/2013
Deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party, Michal Hašek, had strong words for the party’s chairman Bohuslav Sobotka on Sunday, saying that if he had secured such a poor result in the election he would have resigned. Mr Hašek was referring to the party’s somewhat Pyrrhic victory at the weekend which left the Social Democrats with only 20.5 percent of the vote (far less than the 30 percent sought by the current leader).
Mr Hašek, long a potential challenger to Mr Sobotka and a politician with close ties to the current president, Miloš Zeman, spoke to the Czech News Agency about the result and compared the situation to three-and-a-half years ago when the party secured a similarly weak victory and then-party leader Jiří Paroubek wasted no time in stepping down.
Mr Sobotka responded on Sunday by saying he intended to hold coalition talks with the Christian Democrats and ANO 2011, and saying he was in favour of an extraordinary leadership convention being held in March of 2014.
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10/27/2013
In related news, sources including Novinky.cz, are reporting that Mr Hašek, deputies club former head of Jeroným Tejc and long-time Zeman supporter Zdeněk Škromach met in secret with President Miloš Zeman on Saturday evening. None of the politicians have commented, no details have been disclosed. Mr Hašek was accused by leader Bohuslav Sobotka of sewing discord within the party in the run up to the early election.
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