This happened on Friday, before the second round of the first election, Tyden.cz said. According to the available information, Novotny raised his hand for Klaus's opponent Jan Svejnar in all the three rounds of the first presidential election. This has not been the first lawmaker who has spoken about corruption or blackmail in connection with the presidential election. Social Democrat deputy Evzen Snitily, as well as Liana Janackova and Jana Jurencakova, two independent senators supporting Klaus, received letters with bullets in their mail. Snitily voted neither for Klaus nor for Svejnar, backed by the opposition Czech CSSD to discuss KSCM's demands, Greens reject them ...
Czech Communists back neither Klaus nor Svejnar ...
News ... CSSD. Snitily left the joint parliamentary session on Saturday at which the president was elected, referring to health reasons. There are speculations about the pressure to which he was exposed.
The ODS and the Social Democrats have accused each other of it. The presidential post is sought by incumbent President Vaclav Klaus, proposed by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), and Jan Svejnar, nominated by center-left parties. Neither of them obtained the required majority in the first election. The Communists have nominated Jana Bobosikova, a member of the European Parliament. The second presidential election has been fixed for February 15. ($1=17.610 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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