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Article: Spidla: no direct presidential elections this time around.
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- Czech Business News
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- October 15, 2002
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Spidla: no direct presidential elections this time around
Prague. October 15. INTERFAX EUROPE - The subject of presidential elections in the Czech Republic has been in the spotlight recently and the topic is not only which candidate would best fill the large shoes of outgoing President Vaclav Havel, but how Havel's successor will be elected.
Under the Czech constitution, the president is elected by parliament, a tradition which dates back to 1918 and the first Czechoslovak Republic. The idea of direct presidential elections has been gaining currency in the country since the 1990s, however, and the ruling Social Democrats (CSSD), as well as its junior ...