Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:29:43 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-parliament-passes-direct-presidential-elections-8556759© 2026 Radio Prague International Czech citizens themselves will choose their next president in 2013 for the first time in history. After years of public and partisan discussion, and five final hours of heated debate on Wednesday, the Czech Senate passed a Constitutional amendment allowing direct election of the head of state by the people. As the current president, Václav Klaus, who called direct elections a "fatal mistake", is unable to veto a constitutional amendment, I asked political scientist Jan Outlý of the University of Hradec Králové if anything at all can stop direct presidential elections now. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/senat_5.jpg?timestamp=1591215924 https://english.radio.cz/czech-parliament-passes-direct-presidential-elections-8556759 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9