The Czech general elections

• I am shocked - 02-06-2006 14:04:13 - Only logged activists can post a comment, please sign in or register here

  The general elections in the Czech Republic are taking place today and tomorrow and I feel bad. During the campaign we have seen a lot of different things, sometimes it was funny, sometimes it was boring and sometimes it was also a little bit embarrassing.
  
  But at the moment I am shocked. The two main parties on the Czech political scenes - ČSSD and opposite ODS - have decided to fight by all possible means.
  
  ODS has always been very offensive but if somebody accuses our Prime Minister of sexual abuse of children, of having contacts with mafia, of being involved into corruption scandals etc., he crosses the line.
  
  In addition, during the campaigns we could see a lot of violence against our side- the slap of Miroslav Macek, physical attacks on two deputies (one from the ČSSD, the other from the Communist Party), broken windows and rows between candidates. Our political culture has obtained a deadly blow.
  
  I feel bad. The Czech Republic is a democratic country, we are proud of our democracy but for some people on the right spectrum power seems to be more important. Ideas and idelas are not important for them. Accusations have become a normal strategy in campaigns and the ODS has served us a lot of examples.
  
  The only thing I can do now is to vote and wait. To wait for the results of the elections. And we should remember that hope never dies. So I hope that the voters will decide in the name of the democratic political culture.

   

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  • Pierre KANUTY - 06-06-2006 08:39:39

    Hello Vaclav, sorry the CSSD didn't win enough seats. But from what I've seen from France, though the ODS' campaign was tough, the czech voters didn't turn their back that much. That is a lesson in politics. The social-democrats still have something to say and the right will have to deal with this...
    
    Are we going to have a German-like situation in your country ?

   

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