Czech presidential elections 2013 feast of democracy or a Czech farce in four acts?

Pavel Molek

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Abstract

The article describes the reasons for the constitutional amendment to the Czech Constitution turning the traditional indirect elections of the President of the Republic into direct popular vote. It analyses the shortcomings of the constitutional amendment as well as of the Act on Presidential Elections. In the two parts that follow, it addresses the two main problems of the presidential elections: the registration of the candidates and the election campaign, and analyses the milestone decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court regarding these two questions. Finally, the author reflects the first year of presidency of Milos Zeman and his questionable attempts to broaden the scope of presidential competences by innovative interpretation of the Czech Constitution.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)90-108
JournalICL Journal
Volume9
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • President
  • Elections
  • Czech Republic
  • Semi-presidencialism

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