Social Democrats: Sunday’s campaign trail disruption a “criminal act”

The Social Democrats, whose campaign trail stop in Český Krumlov, southern Bohemia, on Sunday was disrupted by a group of people with sirens and fireworks, said on Monday the incident was a breach of the law. Social Democrat leader Jiří Paroubek said that people with “ideological links” to the Civic Democrats and TOP 09 were behind the disturbance while the party’s South Bohemian ballot leader, Vítězslav Jandák, compared them to the Nazi SA troops. While both rival parties have denied responsibility, the police are investigating the incident as a misdemeanour.