Independents lodge complaint against election validity

The Independents political movement has lodged a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court questioning the validity of the June 2-3 elections, the Independents' election leader Jana Hamplova said on Monday. She said that the Independents want the court to rule that the mandates of 200 deputies elected over a week ago are invalid. The Independents argue that the public service Czech Television only provided space in its pre-election discussion programmes to five political parties that later emerged successful from the election and therefore created the impression that there were only five electable parties on the Czech political scene.

According to the Supreme Administrative Court, it is the 26th complaint regarding the elections it has received, but it is the first complaint filed by a political party or movement.