Poll suggests former national bank director favored to win post of Prague mayor

According to a poll published by the internet-based agency SANEP, almost forty percent of Prague residents surveyed would like to see former director of the Czech National Bank Zdeněk Tůma take the post of Prague mayor. Mr Tůma is running for the conservative TOP 09 party, which was founded less than a year ago, but in the last lower house elections won the most votes in the capital, which used to be a Civic Democrat bastion. Public Affairs’ candidate Markéta Reedová took the second place with 26.4 percent, while ten percent of survey participants said they were still undecided. The Civic Democrats have not yet presented their candidate for the office of Prague mayor and aren’t planning to do so until the end of September.