Senate chair calls for mutual understanding and respect in Advent speech

The head of the Czech Senate Miloš Vystrčil called for mutual understanding and respect for others in his first Advent speech broadcast on Czech Television. He warned that intransigence in place of compromise and reasonable solutions could lead to the weakening of democracy and undermine trust in the country’s state institutions. In a democracy, no one should recklessly exploit their superiority at the expense of the weaker party, and no one should recklessly block a solution that has majority support, Vystrčil said. He warned that if this behavior by politicians continues the development of the country will suffer and distrust in the parliamentary system will grow, which would only profit populists and extremists.