Civic Democrat party’s local branch in České Budějovice faces disbanding

The Civic Democratic party’s local branch in the city of České Budějovice, southern Bohemia, is facing disbanding over a suspicious enrolment of new party members, a Civic Democrat party spokesman said on Tuesday. The branch has 80 members, 60 of whom joined the party last year in three waves, while most of them live elsewhere. While local party leaders reject allegations they’d formally accepted new party members to gain more voting power within the party structures, the Civic Democrat leadership is to decide whether the branch will be disbanded. Last year, another Civic Democrat local branch was disbanded after 300 new members joined within three days.