President’s close advisor criticises Václav Havel

One of President Václav Klaus‛ closest advisors, Ladislav Jakl, has hit out at former president Václav Havel in an interview in Saturday’s Mladá fronta dnes. The deputy director of the president’s office said Havel lacked sufficient respect for individual liberty because he hated capitalism. He added that the former president was influenced after the 1989 revolution that toppled communism by rich and influential groups. Mr Jakl added that the Civic Democratic Party had ceased to be a right-wing party. He is due to publish a book ‘Rocker at the Castle’ in the coming week summing up his political and musical opinions.

Author: Chris Johnstone