Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election, 1998

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, 1998
20 July 1998

 
Candidate Václav Klaus Stanislav Volák
Party ODS US
Popular vote 137 39
Percentage 77.84% 22.16%
Speaker before election

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

 Elected Speaker

Václav Klaus
ODS

Election of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held on 20 July 1998 after legislative election. Candidate of Civic Democratic Party Václav Klaus was elected the Speaker.[1][2] He was also supported by Czech Social Democratic Party as a result of Opposition Agreement.[3]

Background

Election was held after 1998 legislative election which was won by the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) while the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) came second. ODS eventually agreed to support a minority government by ČSSD while ČSSD agreed to the leader of ODS Václav Klaus for position of the Speaker. Freedom Union decided to nominate Stanislav Volák for the position. Volák also had support of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.[1]

Voting and aftermath

Klaus received 137 votes while Volák only 39 votes. Klaus became the new Speaker. The result was attacked by Freedom Union and by the People's Party. Members of these parties argued that the election is a confirmation of secret deals between ČSS and ODS.[1] Jan Ruml stated that Klaus' victory marks the beginning of coalition between ODS and ČSSD. Leaders of Civic Democratic Alliance were also critical of the result. They doubted that Klaus would act independently as the Speaker.[4]

Klaus announced after the election that vote of confidence could be held on 18 August 1998.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 a.s., Economia, (20 July 1998). "Václav Klaus byl zvolen do čela Poslanecké sněmovny". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Němcovou potopili i koaliční poslanci". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Wintr, Jan (2010). Česká parlamentní kultura (Vyd. 1. ed.). Praha: Auditorium. p. 81. ISBN 9788087284131.
  4. 1 2 "Denní souhrn zpráv - 18-07-1998 10:00 Radio Praha". Radio.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.