Pirate Party leader says party leadership ready to resign over party’s poor showing

Pirate Party leader Ivan Bartoš has said that in view of the party’s dismal showing in the regional elections the party leadership will offer its resignation at an upcoming party conference which is expected to analyze the reasons for the party’s poor showing. He expressed disappointment with the outcome of the vote, saying that Pirate councilors in the regions had done a lot of good work.  The party leader himself has been under fire in recent weeks over the bungled digitization of the construction permits system.