DIFFERENT CONFESSIONS, SAME SINS? VÁCLAV HAVEL AND VÁCLAV KLAUS AS CZECH PRESIDENTS
DIFFERENT CONFESSIONS, SAME SINS? VÁCLAV HAVEL AND VÁCLAV KLAUS AS CZECH PRESIDENTS

Author(s): Lubomír Kopeček, Josef Mlejnek
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, History of Communism
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Czech presidents; Vaclav Havel; Vaclav Klaus; Government;
Summary/Abstract: The first direct elections for Czech president in January 2013 were accompanied by a major wave of public interest, as well as some remarkable moments. One of them was a debate that unfolded after the victory of the left-wing candidate Miloš Zeman, over whether the president is able to remove the premier of an unpopular center right government. The idea was encouraged by one of the winner’s main campaign slogans: “Stop this Government!” The Czech constitutionsays that the president “names and removes the premier and other members of the government” (Article 62).

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