New poll shows Czechs losing faith in Parliament and their president.

A newly released survey from the Czech polling agency STEM suggests that Czechs are losing faith in their parliament as well as in their president. The poll suggests that only 24% of Czechs are satisfied with Parliament’s performance, a four percent decrease on the previous month. Analysts suggest that these figures reflect public dissatisfaction in the wake of last month’s fiasco surrounding the presidential elections, in which the incumbent Václav Klaus was ultimately re-elected by Parliament for a second term. The STEM data also suggest that only 29 percent of Czechs have a favourable view of the current government, while the president still enjoys the support of 59% of Czechs – though the figure represents a 14 percent fall in popularity from June 2007.